Casa Europa
| Casa Europa | |
|---|---|
The building in 2018 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Office / Event venue |
| Architectural style | Portuguese colonial |
| Address | Av. Presidente Nicolau Lobato |
| Town or city | Dili |
| Country | East Timor |
| Coordinates | 8°33′12″S 125°34′47″E / 8.553241°S 125.579808°E |
| Construction started | 1871 |
| Completed | 1899 |
| Renovated | 2000–2002, 2009 |
| Owner | European Commission |
Casa Europa (transl. Europe House) is an historic late nineteenth-century Portuguese colonial building in the Bidau Lecidere suco of Dili, capital city of East Timor.
Initially a Portuguese Quartel de Infantaria (infantry barracks), the building became the home of the municipality of Dili administration in the late 1930s. During the Japanese occupation of Portuguese Timor, it was the Japanese general headquarters. It then reverted to being a Portuguese military facility until 1972, and was later taken over by the Indonesian National Armed Forces.
Now the oldest building in the city centre, it has since been renovated and given its present name, however as of 2022, it is unoccupied and is falling into disrepair.