Palácio de Ondina, Official residence of the Governor in Ondina, Salvador, Brazil.

Palácio de Ondina is the official residence of the Governor, featuring classical architecture with prominent columns and well-balanced proportions. The building sits on elevated grounds overlooking All Saints Bay and is surrounded by maintained gardens.

The house on the Alto de Ondina was acquired in the early 1940s under governor Landulfo Alves; it had served as the residence of the administrator of the Campo de Experiências Botânicas. In 1967 governor Antônio Lomanto Júnior moved the governor's residence there from the Palácio da Aclamação, which stood in Salvador's busy, less secure centre. The palace has been the official residence of Bahia's governors since then.

The palace has housed Bahia's governors since 1967, when Antônio Lomanto Júnior moved the seat here from the Palácio da Aclamação in central Salvador. The earlier residence was abandoned because of heavy traffic and poor security. The building itself had served as the home of the administrator of the Campo de Experiências Botânicas, acquired under governor Landulfo Alves in the early 1940s.

The interior is closed to visitors as it remains reserved for official government functions. However, you can view and photograph the exterior architecture and surrounding gardens during daylight hours.

The 1940s house acquired under Governor Landulfo Alves had served as the residence of the administrator of the Campo de Experiências Botânicas, a botanical experimentation field in Ondina. Governor Antônio Lomanto Júnior chose that former administrator's house for the transfer in 1967, so the governor's residence occupies a building first tied to botanical research rather than to politics.