Casa do Anhanguera
17th century.
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The historic centre of Santana de Parnaíba, some forty kilometres west of São Paulo, is one of the most complete colonial quarters in the state. The town began in the late 16th century with a small chapel on the bank of the Tietê River, and it still keeps hundreds of houses built with traditional methods: rammed earth, wattle and daub, and adobe. The centre was listed in 1982, with 209 buildings protected as an ensemble besides those listed one by one, single-storey houses and townhouses spanning four centuries. Its showpiece is the Casa do Anhanguera, a 17th-century house in the style of the bandeirante explorers, listed by the national heritage institute in 1958 and the only urban bandeirante residence in the state to keep its features; the explorer Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva is presumed to have lived there. A flood swept through the centre in July 2007. The town makes a day trip from São Paulo among cobbled lanes and the old square.
17th century.
Traditional building.
Heart of the town.
Largo da Matriz, Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo state
Some forty kilometres west of the city, so it suits a day trip.