Solar da Marquesa de Santos - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Pre-Victorian Historic Homes on Waymarking.com

According to the city's website, the home was built between 1739 and 1751. In 1834 it got it's famous tenant, Maria Domitila de Castro Canto e Melo, the mistress of Brazil's emperor. Maria occupied the house until 1867. During these years, the place was known as the Palacete do Carmo. In 1975 it was added to the city's historical building list and became the headquarters for the city's department of culture. It went through a renovation in 1991. Since 1992 it's houses the Divisão de Iconografia e Museus do Departamento do Patrimônio Histórico Municipal.
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Earliest Recorded Date of Construction: 01/01/1739 Architectural Period/Style: Colonial Type of Building e.g. Country House, Stately Home, Manor: Manor Interesting Historical Facts or Connections: Home of the mistress of Brazil's emperor. Listed Building Status (if applicable): DEPARTAMENTO DO PATRIMÔNIO HISTÓRICO Main Material of Construction: lath, plaster, stud and mud Private/Public Access: Public Related Website: [Web Link] Rating: Additional Dates of Construction: Not listed Architect (if known): Not listed Landscape Designer (if known): Not listed Admission Fee (if applicable): Not Listed Opening Hours (if applicable): Not listed

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