The great house
The sugar era.
The Casa Quissamã Museum occupies the main house of the old Quissamã estate in northern Rio de Janeiro state, built in 1826 by José Carneiro da Silva, Baron and Viscount of Araruama, one of the most influential men of his time in the region, and inherited by his son, the Baron and Viscount of Quissamã. The house tells the story of the wealth that sugar mills brought to the rural aristocracy of the north of the state in the nineteenth century; it was enlarged in 1860. That wealth shows clearly when it is compared with the simple Mato de Pipa farmhouse built by the grandfather around 1777 and with the grander houses later built by sons and grandsons, a succession of tastes and architectural styles generation by generation. Emperor Dom Pedro II and his retinue stayed here in 1847 while inspecting work on the Campos–Macaé canal, and the wedding of the owner's son was held during the visit, with more guests than the house could hold. The emperor returned in 1877 to open a sugar mill. A visit combines well with nearby Fazenda Machadinha.
The sugar era.
A wedding.
Changing styles.
Former Quissamã estate, Quissamã, northern Rio de Janeiro state
Yes, the two estates are close together in Quissamã.