Regente Feijó house, Bandeirista house in Vila Formosa, São Paulo, Brazil
Regente Feijó house is a colonial residence in São Paulo featuring traditional rammed earth construction and a characteristic four-sided roof designed in bandeirista style. The structure now stands within the Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul campus and undergoes regular maintenance to protect its integrity.
The first record of the house dates to 1698, when the land belonged to Franco Velho. In 1829 priest Diogo Antônio Feijó bought the 75-alqueire Sítio do Capão do Tatuapé, renamed it Sítio Paraíso and lived there until 1843. After becoming Regent of the Empire on 12 October 1835, the house took his name. In 1911 it passed to Anália Franco's AFBI.
The building displays traditional construction methods from early settlement times with rammed earth walls and a sloped roof typical of the bandeirista style. These building techniques were common among the colonial settlers who shaped this region.
The residence is located on a university campus and requires prior arrangement for viewing. Visitors should contact ahead to schedule a visit and allow time for coordination.
In 1911 the estate passed to Anália Franco's Associação Feminina Beneficente e Instrutiva, which ran the Colônia Regeneradora Dom Romualdo Seixas there, housing orphans, abandoned boys, elderly invalids and "repentant women". At its peak the colony sheltered 68 males and 99 females; during the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak 142 residents fell ill and five died.
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