Palacete Bolonha, Historic mansion in Belém, Brazil

Palacete Bolonha is a five-story residence featuring marble floors, decorated tiles, and intricate architectural details across its interior and exterior. The house blends European styles with local influences that reflect the prosperity of the rubber era.

Francisco Bolonha built the mansion between 1905 and 1908 as a gift to his wife Alice Tem-Brink, during the Amazon Rubber Boom that enriched Belém's merchants and politicians. The house was vacated a few years after his death in 1939, and in 1982 the Department of Historic, Artistic and Cultural Heritage of Pará listed it as a historic structure.

The mansion takes its name from engineer Francisco Bolonha, who built it for himself and his wife Alice Ten Brink. Visitors can still see the music room where piano recitals once gathered Belém's high society together.

The mansion stands on Avenida Governador José Malcher, formerly Rua de São Jerônimo, at its corner with Rua Dr. Moraes, east of the historic centre and a short walk from Praça da República. It is open for free public visits as the Museu Bolonha, run by the Fundação Cultural do Município de Belém (Fumbel). The upper floors are reached by stairs, and the belvedere on the fourth level gives a view over the surrounding streets.

The house had little ventilation and was vacated a few years after Francisco Bolonha's death in 1939. The 1938 auction inventory listed a Blüthner grand piano with an ivory keyboard on the second floor, alongside French furniture upholstered in garnet and gold silk.