Casa do Barão do Penedo, Historic mansion in Penedo, Brazil.
Casa do Barão do Penedo is a 19th-century house at Rua Dâmaso Monte 141 in Penedo, Alagoas, now housing the Museu Casa do Penedo. The building was the residence of Francisco Inácio de Carvalho Moreira, the Barão de Penedo, a diplomat born in the city. The museum holds a library, an iconographic archive of about five thousand items, a computerised documentary archive and an auditorium, with rooms for temporary and permanent exhibitions on local history.
Built in the mid-19th century, the house was the residence of Francisco Inácio de Carvalho Moreira, the Barão do Penedo, born in the city and a diplomat under both the Empire and the Republic. It was listed by SECULT-AL through Decree No. 4.998 of 8 February 1982. In 1992 physician Francisco Alberto Sales founded the Museu Casa do Penedo there.
The house is named after Francisco Inácio de Carvalho Moreira, the Barão de Penedo, born in the city and a diplomat under both the Empire and the Republic. Since 1992 it has held the Museu Casa do Penedo, founded by the physician Francisco Alberto Sales, with rooms for temporary and permanent exhibitions on local historical events.
The museum occupies the house at Rua Dâmaso Monte, nº 141, in Penedo, Alagoas. Its rooms hold a library, an iconographic archive of about five thousand items, a computerised documentary archive and an auditorium used for lectures and cultural events. Some exhibition rooms are permanent and cover events in the city's history.
The house became the Museu Casa do Penedo in 1992, founded by the physician Francisco Alberto Sales. Its iconographic archive holds about five thousand pieces, alongside a library, a computerised documentary archive and an auditorium used for lectures and cultural events.
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