Casa do Português, Cultural heritage building in Damas, Fortaleza, Brazil

Casa do Português is a three-story house on Avenida João Pessoa in the Damas neighbourhood of Fortaleza, built of reinforced concrete with a ramp for cars that circles the structure. Its arcades follow the Californian mission style, and it has eleven rooms and three bathrooms on the first floor alone.

José Maria Cardoso, a Portuguese farmer and merchant, built the house on 13 June 1953 for his wife and only son, naming it Vila Santo Antônio. From 1965 to 1984 it housed Ematerce, the state rural extension agency; later it held a mechanic's workshop, the Boate Portuguesa nightclub and Ancar. It was listed as municipal heritage in 2012.

The house was named Vila Santo Antônio by José Maria Cardoso, a name that served his intention of making it a small village for his family. Its kitsch design, with Californian mission-style arcades, expressed the taste of a newly enriched class. In the 1960s it appeared on Fortaleza postcards, and later housed a Portuguese nightclub.

The building is situated directly on Avenida João Pessoa and is easily visible from street level, making it straightforward to locate in the downtown area. The exterior can be viewed and photographed freely from the public avenue.

The building was originally known as Vila Santo Antônio before adopting its current name and emphasizing its connection to Portuguese immigration history. This earlier designation is rarely mentioned today, though it reflects the original purpose of the property.