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= Palace of Fine Arts History =

The Palace of Fine Arts was built in 1915 for the exposition for the completion Panama Canal.The 1906 Earthquake had just been taken care of and the Panama Canal exposition was built because of the relief and joy people felt. The pfa was one of ten places at the heart of the panama expo. The Palace of Fine Arts was built around a small artificial lagoon. Bernard Mayback was assigned the task of designing the palace of fine arts .the pffa for a time the palace housed a continuous art exhibit and during the grate depression W.P.A. artists were commissioned to replace the deteriorated Robert Reid murals on the ceiling of the rotunda. From 1934 to 1942 the exhibition hall was home to 18 lighted tennis courts. The Palace of Fine Arts was rebuilt in 1965. The PFA had three tasks done to it. The first task was all the rocks around the lagoon were falling out so they cemented them back in. The second was to waterproof the dome. The third task was to get all of the plants into the right places.

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