Sobrado (architecture)

A sobrado is a baroque house building style from the Portuguese colonial era, typical in Brazil, other former Portuguese colonies and enslaved returnees and their descendants. == Architectural Style & Form == See also: Portuguese architecture and Brazilian architecture Featuring typically two floors with a balcony casas térreas, the sobrados were the residences of urban notable people, particularly in the former colonial capital of Brazil, Salvador in Bahia.

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Sobrado (architecture)

A sobrado is a baroque house building style from the Portuguese colonial era, typical in Brazil, other former Portuguese colonies and enslaved returnees and their descendants. == Architectural Style & Form == See also: Portuguese architecture and Brazilian architecture Featuring typically two floors with a balcony casas térreas, the sobrados were the residences of urban notable people, particularly in the former colonial capital of Brazil, Salvador in Bahia.

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