[8] In 1859, it was renovated to accommodate Emperor Dom Pedro II, Empress Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies and their daughters, and was then renamed to Campo das Princesas (lit.

However, it wasn't until 1841, when Francisco do Rego Barros was in office, that a new palace was built for the governors of Pernambuco, replacing the Erário Régio building.

The new building, with two floors, had a large door in the center of the main façade, flanked by four smaller ones, surrounded by windows and with the front facing the east-south part of the city and no longer the sea.

Before Emperor Pedro II and his wife Empress Tereza Cristina visited Pernambuco accompanied by a large entourage of nobles and court officials, the then president of the province, Luiz Barbalho Muniz Fiúza, appointed a commission under his chairmanship to make arrangements and preparations to transform the palace, which would host the royal visitors, into an Imperial Palace.

[8] In 1980, the city officially renamed the area Praça da República, but the expression Campo das Princesas remains to this day.

A stage for major events and a witness to important political meetings, the Campo das Princesas Palace has stood on the same spot that Count Maurício de Nassau chose as the seat of Pernambuco's government since the 17th century.