Casa Forte at Its Most Elegant and Exclusive

🏡Commercial property in Casa Forte. 📌House with 9 rooms (all with en-suite bathrooms) - In a highly desirable area of Casa Forte Land: 289m² Built area: 284m2 Property tax: R$ 2,200.00 per year, totaling the values of all rooms. Price: 1,800,000.00 History The neighborhood was initially inhabited by the residents of a 16th-century sugar mill, owned by Diogo Gonçalves. The mill was built on land donated by Duarte Coelho. The typical mill buildings - houses and slave quarters, chapel and main residence - were erected in a place called Campina de Casa Forte (the location where Praça de Casa Forte now stands, designed by Burle Marx). It had several owners, being successively called Jerônimo Gonçalves, Isabel Gonçalves, Dona Anna Paes, Tourlon, Nassau, de With, until receiving its current name in 1645, during the Battle of Casa Forte, fought between the Dutch and rebellious people from Pernambuco. To commemorate the feat, a plaque was installed with the following inscription: “ At this site, formerly known as Anna Paes Mill, on August 17, 1645, the Pernambuco army led by VIEIRA João Fernandes Vieira, VIDAL André Vidal de Negreiros, DIAS Henrique Dias and CAMARÃO Antônio Filipe Camarão fought a Dutch column that had captured Pernambuco women and fortified itself in the residence house to the right of the Church, resulting in victory for the liberators with the complete capture of the enemy.[3] ” With the Pernambuco victory, the mill was renamed Casa Forte. The mill was powered by animals and was located on the left bank of the Capibaribe River, in the area later called Santana, where the manufactured sugar was stored and then transported by river to the Recife market. The mill houses, with their adjacent chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Needs, stood in a large square commonly known as Campina de Casa Forte, now Praça de Casa Forte. In the mid-1810s, the mill was purchased by José Inácio Ribeiro de Abreu e Lima, who became known as Padre Roma, one of the figures of the republican revolution of 1817. The new owner demolished the old manor house, building another residence on the same site, which was later also abandoned. In 1907, the property was acquired by the French sisters of the Congregation of the Holy Family who, after a major renovation, opened a girls’ school there in 1911. The old mill chapel, built in 1672, also fell into ruins, to the point that its images were deposited at the main church of Our Lady of Health, in Poço da Panela, from 1865 until 1909, when that church was restored. In October 1911, after being rebuilt, the temple was consecrated as the Mother Church of the Casa Forte parish, under the invocation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. >> 4 TIPS TO HELP YOU CHOOSE THE IDEAL PROPERTY TO BUY: Do not think only about your current marital status. Properties are long-lasting assets. 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