Town Hall (Santo Amaro)

Town Hall of Santo Amaro
Town Hall of Santo Amaro
	Paço Municipal, formerly the Casa de Câmara e Cadeia
	Town Hall of Santo Amaro, Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil
	Location in Brazil
General information
Type	Town hall
Town or city	Santo Amaro, Bahia
Country	Brazil
Coordinates	12.5486°S 38.7085°W
Completed	1769
Technical details
Floor count	2
Floor area	1,543 square metres (16,610 sq ft)
National Historic Heritage of Brazil
Designated	1941
Reference no.	285

The Town Hall of Santo Amaro (Portuguese: Paço Municipal, formerly the Portuguese: Casa de Câmara e Cadeia) is an 18th-century municipal building in Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil. The building is located in the Historic Center of the city on the Praça da Purificação, a public square. The town hall sits opposite of the Parish Church of Our Lady of Purification and the Church of Our Lady of Protection faces the rear of the structure. The structure has two stories and covers 1,543 square metres (16,610 sq ft). The façade is divided into three parts with a bell tower at center, a feature found in other town halls of the period in Bahia. The bell tower has a hemispherical dome. The town hall was completed in 1769 and served as both an administrative building and prison in the 18th century, but now serves as a municipal government office.[1][2][3]

The gravestone of Francisco Lourenço de Araújo (1816-1893), a hero of the Paraguayan War, is located in the courtyard of the Town Hall. Araújo was a wealthy sugarcane plantation owner and styled the Baron of Sergy after the Paraguayan War. He was the only person to hold the title.[1]

Protected status

The Town Hall of Santo Amaro was listed as a historic structure by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage in 1941. Both the structure and its contents were included in the IPHAN directive under inscription number 285.[3]

References

Azevedo, Esterzilda Berenstein (2012). "Casa de Câmara e Cadeia". Lisbon, Portugal: Heritage of Portuguese Influence/Património de Influência Portuguesa. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
"Paço Municipal" (in Portuguese). Santo Amaro, Brazil: IPAC. 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
Secretaria da Indústria, Comércio e Turismo (Bahia, Brazil) (1978). IPAC-BA: inventário de proteção do acervo cultural. 2. Salvador, Brazil: Secretaria da Indústria e Comércio. pp. 103–104.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[hpip-1] Azevedo, Esterzilda Berenstein (2012). "Casa de Câmara e Cadeia". Lisbon, Portugal: Heritage of Portuguese Influence/Património de Influência Portuguesa. Retrieved 2019-01-14.

[ipac-2] "Paço Municipal" (in Portuguese). Santo Amaro, Brazil: IPAC. 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-14.

[ipac-ba-3] Secretaria da Indústria, Comércio e Turismo (Bahia, Brazil) (1978). IPAC-BA: inventário de proteção do acervo cultural. 2. Salvador, Brazil: Secretaria da Indústria e Comércio. pp. 103–104.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)