Palace of Saldanha, Colonial manor house in Salvador, Brazil

The Palace of Saldanha is a two-story manor house in Salvador featuring a monumental stone entrance with elaborately carved columns and floral ornamentation. The facade displays characteristic Portuguese colonial architectural elements throughout its structure.

A colonel acquired multiple properties from the Carmelite Order in the late 1600s to build this residence. The building later came under the ownership of Dom Manoel Saldanha da Gama.

The building reflects Portuguese colonial design through how its spaces were organized for different purposes. The family occupied the upper floors while servants and service areas remained below, a common arrangement in homes of that era.

The Palace of Saldanha is not open to the public and cannot be visited; it can only be seen from Rua Guedes de Brito and Rua do Saldanha, at the corner a block from Praça da Sé. The building was fully restored in 1992 and again houses the Lyceum of Arts and Crafts.

The lioz stone portal projects slightly into Rua do Saldanha and rises from the sill to the cornice, framed by atlantes and columns wrapped in palm branches and floral motifs. Art historian Germain Bazin and others attribute it to Gabriel Ribeiro, designer of the Church of the Third Order of Saint Francis facade.