Father Toledo's home
1777–1789.
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The House of Father Toledo is an 18th-century mansion in Tiradentes, home from 1777 to 1789 of Father Carlos Correia de Toledo e Melo, one of the conspirators of the Inconfidência Mineira, the movement for the independence of Minas Gerais. The national heritage institute listed it on 4 August 1952. It went through many uses afterwards: home of the Tiradentes judge in the 1890s, then donated to the town in 1917 to house the court, then the town hall together with the court from 1930, until the town gave it in 1971 to the Rodrigo Mello Franco de Andrade Foundation. Today it houses the Padre Toledo House Museum. The colonial house has stone foundations, one floor and a basement, a three-sided roof of curved tiles, walls of moledo stone blocks, soapstone lintels on its facade and green schist cornerstones. Check opening times.
1777–1789.
On the facade.
Town history.
Central Tiradentes, Minas Gerais
Tiradentes Historic TownTiradentes is one of the best-preserved colonial towns in Minas Gerais: a small 3 minutes walk4.8
Chafariz de São JoséThe Chafariz de São José is one of the finest and grandest colonial fountains in5 minutes walk4.7
Maria Fumaça Steam Train (Tiradentes-São João del-Rei)The Maria Fumaça steam train between São João del-Rei and Tiradentes runs on a p13 minutes walk4.6A priest in the Inconfidência Mineira who lived here from 1777 to 1789.