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Le Palais de l\u2019Unit\u00e9 (\u00e9galement appel\u00e9 Palais d\u2019Etoudi), officiellement nomm\u00e9\u00a0Palais de l\u2019Unit\u00e9<\/em>, est la r\u00e9sidence officielle et le si\u00e8ge administratif du Pr\u00e9sident du Cameroun. Construit sur une colline appartenant autrefois au peuple Etoudi (l\u2019un des nombreux groupes autochtones de la capitale camerounaise), il allie architecture moderniste monumentale et symbolisme national, et constitue le centre du pouvoir ex\u00e9cutif depuis son inauguration au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1980.<\/p>\n

Command\u00e9 par le pr\u00e9sident Ahmadou Ahidjo et achev\u00e9 sous le mandat du pr\u00e9sident Paul Biya, le Palais d\u2019Etoudi a \u00e9t\u00e9 con\u00e7u par Olivier\u2011Cl\u00e9ment Cacoub. Il refl\u00e8te une esth\u00e9tique moderniste affirm\u00e9e : colonnes de b\u00e9ton imposantes, vastes terrasses, fontaines miroitantes et jardins en terrasses luxuriants.<\/p>\n

Principalement r\u00e9sidence pr\u00e9sidentielle et complexe administratif, le Palais joue \u00e9galement un r\u00f4le politique majeur : des c\u00e9r\u00e9monies officielles aux p\u00e9riodes de crise (il a notamment servi de \u201cbunker\u201d s\u00e9curis\u00e9 lors de la tentative de coup d\u2019\u00c9tat de 1984). Il reste ferm\u00e9 au public, affirmant ainsi son statut de symbole du pouvoir \u00e9tatique et de l\u2019exclusivit\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Nomm\u00e9e d\u2019apr\u00e8s le groupe ethnique Etoudi, la colline rev\u00eat une grande signification locale. Des chefs traditionnels auraient \u00e9t\u00e9 consult\u00e9s avant la construction sur cette terre ancestrale, tissant un lien entre autorit\u00e9 moderne et h\u00e9ritage spirituel.<\/p>\n

Entretenu r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des travaux de r\u00e9novation\u2014tels que le renforcement des murs apr\u00e8s l\u2019\u00e9rosion de 2008 et la modernisation des infrastructures\u2014le Palais continue de focaliser l\u2019attention politique ; des rapports r\u00e9cents s\u2019int\u00e9ressent \u00e0 la sant\u00e9 et \u00e0 la long\u00e9vit\u00e9 du pr\u00e9sident Biya dans ses murs.<\/p>\n

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Sources:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>Wikipedia, Cameroon Intelligence Report, Reuters, YEN.com.gh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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