Fazendas: The Great Houses and Plantations of Brazil |
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acres Alegre Almeida Araújo architecture Arruda Botelho Bahia Bananal Baron Barra do Peixe beautiful became bedrooms Bonsucesso Brazil Brazilian breeding built Burle Marx cane Cantagalo captaincy cattle Chacrinha chapel coffee cycle coffee groves coffee plantations colonial daughter death decor dining room Dutch Editora eighteenth century Empyreo Esteves fazenda Fernando Francisco Freguesia furnishings furniture garden Gruta imperial important Inácio João Joaquim José Juréa land grants Lourenço mansion Manuel Maria married Martinho da Esperança Minas Gerais neoclassical nineteenth century OPPOSITE original painted Paraíba do Sul Paraíba valley Paraíso Paulo Pedro Penteado Pernambuco Pinhal plantation plantation houses plantation owners Portuguese province of Rio ranch region Resgate restoration Retiro Ribeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio Novo River Roberto Roberto Burle Marx rural Saint-Hilaire Santa Gertrudes Santo Antônio São Fernando Secretário Silva slaves style sugar plantations terreiro town Três Três Rios trompe l'oeil Ubá Valença Vargem Vassouras Veneza Viscount Werneck