The main house
19th century.
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The Monsenhor Emílio José Salim Ecological Park, known as the Campinas Ecological Park, is a 110-hectare park in the east of the city with landscaping by the celebrated garden designer Roberto Burle Marx. It stands on the land of the Mato Dentro farm and sugar mill, founded in 1806 by Joaquim Aranha Barreto de Camargo and passed in 1820 to his daughter, the Viscountess of Campinas. In 1937 it became an experimental station of the Biological Institute; in 1987 the state governor authorised the park, and in 2013 it passed permanently to the city. It has a group of listed 19th-century buildings, including the main house and a granary, and an environmental history museum with educational programmes, along with sports courts, picnic areas and a downhill mountain-bike track opened in 2016. An organic produce market fills the car park every Sunday morning and draws a crowd.
19th century.
Sunday mornings.
Education.
Rodovia Heitor Penteado, eastern Campinas
Its landscaping is by the garden designer Roberto Burle Marx.