Boa Vista Palace
Campus do Jordaou, São Paulo State, Brazil
Description:
The Boa Vista Palace is the museum and winter residence of the Governor of São Paulo.
There is a mansion of 3,000 square meters on the top of a hill in Campus do Jordaou. The building was designed by Polish architect George Przirembel. The house is built in English neo-Gothic style. Construction began in 1938, but for economic and political reasons, the house was completed in the 1960s. There are 105 rooms in the house.
The museum collection is represented by exhibits of the XVII century. These are furniture, paintings and sculptures of Brazilian masters, works of religious art, porcelain sets and silver. In total, the museum has about 2,000 exhibits.