Sobrado (architecture)
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A sobrado is a baroque house building style from the Portuguese colonial era, typical in Brazil, other former Portuguese colonies and enslaved returnees and their descendants.
Sobrado de Madalena, Recife.
Museu Municipal de São Filipe, of what was a sobrado style house, it is one of the most prominent in Cape Verde
House number 56, Silva Jardim Street, Salvador, Bahia
Maja House, Gerber Square
Architecture of Brazil
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The architecture of Brazil is influenced by Europe, especially Portugal. It has a history that goes back 500 years to the time when Pedro Cabral arrived in Brazil in 1500. Portuguese colonial architec
Sobrado (architecture)
…colonial era, typical in Brazil, other former Portuguese colonies and enslaved returnees and their descendants. See also: Portuguese architecture and Brazilian architecture Featuring typically two floors with a balcony casas térreas, the sobrados were the residences of urban notable people, particularly in the former…
The Church of São Francisco de Assis in Ouro Preto, one of the best known architectural icons of Baroque architecture in Brazil
The Palácio da Alvorada in Brasília, listed as a National Historic Heritage Site
An 1854 depiction of an indigenous village (taba) showing a group of ocas arranged in a circle surrounded by a wooden palisade
Portuguese colonial architecture, Salvador.