Earth walls
Colonial technique.
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The Casa do Bandeirante, or Butantã House, is a building in the colonial Bandeirista style in São Paulo's Butantã district. It was built around the first half of the 18th century on a large rural plot on the outskirts of the city's original core, a typical example of the rural homes of São Paulo at the time. Its walls keep colonial building techniques, especially rammed earth and wattle and daub, and it has 350 square metres in 12 rooms with front and back verandas. When the district was laid out, the site was set aside to preserve the house, and it is now the Praça Monteiro Lobato. In the 1950s, for São Paulo's 400th anniversary, the architect Luís Saia restored it; it is listed by the state and is part of the São Paulo City Museum today. A short, quiet visit gives a rare picture of São Paulo before it became a metropolis; check opening times.
Colonial technique.
Front and back.
Monteiro Lobato square.
Praça Monteiro Lobato, Butantã, São Paulo
Colonial rural architecture of São Paulo, with rammed-earth walls and verandas.
