Boa Vista Villa, Heritage house in Paraty, Brazil.

Boa Vista Villa is a protected house in Paraty, Brazil, also known as Casa Mann or Fazenda Boa Vista. It was the birthplace of Julia da Silva-Bruhns, called Dodo, wife of Lübeck senator Thomas Johann Heinrich Mann and mother of writers Thomas and Heinrich Mann. The property had direct sea access with its own palm-lined beach, and ten huts for enslaved people stood on the grounds.

Johann Ludwig Hermann Bruhns, who emigrated from Lübeck to Brazil at sixteen, lived with his family in the Fazenda Boa Vista from 1851 to 1857. His daughter Julia da Silva-Bruhns, later the mother of Thomas and Heinrich Mann, was born there in 1851. After his wife's death, Bruhns sold the estate in 1857 and took the children to Lübeck in 1858. Since 1995, Frido Mann has worked to save the decaying building as a cultural centre.

The villa is the birthplace of Julia da Silva-Bruhns, called Dodo, wife of Lübeck senator Thomas Johann Heinrich Mann and mother of writers Thomas and Heinrich Mann. Her childhood memories of Brazil, written down in 1903, were published in 1958 as "Aus Dodos Kindheit. Erinnerungen." Her descendant Frido Mann has campaigned since 1995 to save the building as a cultural centre through the "Casa Mann" association.

The villa is a protected ruin with no regular opening hours; visits depend on access to the privately claimed grounds, and ownership remains disputed. Frido Mann's Casa Mann association has sought since 1995 to save the building and turn it into a cultural centre. A 2002 demolition plan for a holiday resort was blocked by its heritage protection status.

The villa is the birthplace of Julia da Silva-Bruhns, known as Dodo, mother of Thomas and Heinrich Mann. Her grandson Frido Mann has campaigned since 1995 to save the decaying building and turn it into a cultural centre; a 2002 demolition plan for a holiday resort was blocked by its listed status.