Casa das Rosas, Literature museum on Paulista Avenue, São Paulo, Brazil
Casa das Rosas is a literature museum in a mansion on Paulista Avenue in São Paulo. The facade displays decorated windows, stone elements, and sculptures, while the garden contains different rose species.
The mansion was built between 1930 and 1935 by the office of Francisco de Paula Ramos de Azevedo, with architect Felisberto Ranzini. It was the home of Ramos de Azevedo's daughter Lúcia and her husband Ernesto Dias de Castro, then of their son Ernesto and his wife Anna Rosa. The state expropriated it in 1986 and listed it in 1985.
The center takes its name from the roses in the garden and now serves as a venue for readings and exhibitions. Visitors can browse the library holding works by poet Haroldo de Campos and attend literary events.
The entrance portico on Paulista Avenue has three shallow stone steps and a wooden bench beside the doors; the garden and rose beds lie behind the mansion. The building has four levels, including a basement and attic, and the upper floor is reached by marble staircases. The site covers 5,500 square metres.
The house was inhabited for its first 51 years: Lúcia Ramos de Azevedo, a daughter of Francisco de Paula Ramos de Azevedo, and her husband Ernesto Dias de Castro lived there, and the property later passed to their son Ernesto Dias de Castro and his wife Anna Rosa. The family's import firm supplied the European fittings, including Italian marble staircases, Belgian glass and crystal, and copper water pipes.
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