Raw Video footage of the inside of Haiti National Palace

Updated December 2, 2012 9:19 PM

This is something that many of us could only dream of at a certain time. The idea of entering Haiti National Palace during the Duvalier period was something many of us could not even think of. However, in this video, you will be able to see some of the most secret parts of the National Palace.

This video footage is really exceptional. Although the Palace was damaged by the 2010 earthquake that killed over 200,000 people in Haiti, the video was able to capture most of the story.

Haiti National Palace is one of the key landmarks in Haiti and it is in the process of being rebuilt by president Michel Martelly.

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The National Palace was designed by Georges H. Baussan, a leading Haitian architect who graduated from the Ecole d'Architecture in Paris. His design was selected from a range of plans submitted by Haitian and French architects in a national competition in 1912.

The design of the building was inspired by traditional French Renaissance architecture and greatly resembled structures erected in France and its colonial territories during the late 19th century.

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