Prefeitura Municipal de Penedo - Penedo - AL

Secular building of great importance to the municipality of Penedo

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Historic heritage, of great importance to our beautiful city!

The primitive house of the “New Retirement House” was built at the end of the 18th century, creating a new, exclusive space for the Ombudsman (judges placed by the Donatories in their lands, in the Colonial period) to stay hosted, replacing the accommodations that existed in the building (1st floor) of the “Casa de Aposentadoria Velha” (built in 1782). Located in front of the Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora do Rosário (Cathedral Diocesan de Penedo), the aforementioned house only opened its doors when the Ouvidors arrived here. The 1st Judge of Fora de Penedo, Dr. LUIZ ANTÔNIO BARBOSA DE OLIVEIRA, was appointed in July 1818, being one of the first occupants of the aforementioned building. And because the manor house had been closed for some time, it was depreciated and along with the threat of collapse. Because of this, in 1828, the Ombudsman who was providing service at the time, asked the Chamber for measures to promote the rebuilding of the building. In January 1829, the Reverend JOAQUIM DA NATIVIDADE REIS, appointed administrator of the work, saw fit to demolish the deteriorated building and over that rubble, in 1832, a new house was built. It must also be stated that, in the period from 1866 to 1870, its premises housed the Nossa Senhora da Conceição College, as a lease. On the occasion of the lease, the College of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, was directed by the Historian Penedense, Dr. PRÓSPERO DA SILVA JEHOVAH CAROATÁ and provided services to the public in the form of "boarding and day school", with courses in French, Latin, Geography, Philosophy and Rhetoric (Art of speaking well), having become, until the year 1870, an educational highlight in the cultural life of the Province. This last building also underwent some modifications and between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, it became the Headquarters of the Municipality of Penedo. A building with an austere layout, in a rectangular box, with a water roof and an upper floor. The façade is topped by a simple pediment, bordered by a frieze, in stonework, which ends in volutes, one on each side. It has a single masonry door, flanked by three windows on each side, on two sheets with cushions only hinted at, in addition to seven other windows (like a balcony door), with bars on top. On the sides of the building (upper floor) there are two windows on the right side and two on the left side, all without bars. The pediment, as a whole, is flanked by a decorative element that resembles a plinth supporting a pine cone (fruit from tropical to subtropical climate). As it turns out, it is a beautiful work of art and of great historical value to our people. SOURCE: htt ps://sipealpenedo.wordpress.c om/monumentos/casa-de-aposentadoria-nova/

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