The house is located in
the settlement Bela Vista, rural area of Araraquara-SP.
Built in 1884, it was the headquarters of the farm, a major coffee producer. At
the time, slaves were allowed (the abolition of slaves only happened on May 13,
1888 - even after slavery had ended in Brazil, there were slaves on the farm,
and when fiscals were to supervise it, they were hidden in secret tunnels.
Sad.), And of course the making had many, and they were responsible for
erecting the whole house, while their dwelling was the cellar, the slave
quarters. Colonel Antônio Joaquim de Carvalho, the coffee baron of the region,
was the owner of the land and the house. The house is huge, has
more than 50 rooms. It has doors with 3 meters of height and immense windows,
that boasted the wealth. The slave quarters, in the basement of the house, were
the opposite, tiny windows and a small door for the slaves to enter, making
them bow their heads in a gesture of submission to the colonel. Of course there
were the places where they were punished. A wall, just in front of the entrance
door of the senzala still has the chains attached to its wall. And there was
also a basement just below the senzala, which was sealed by the last family to
live in this house, some 20 years ago. Currently the mansion
is very different from its golden age. It serves as home to hundreds of bats
and is all old, being weathered by the action of time. On the pavement where
the colonel lived, it is no longer possible to walk more because of risk of
collapse. The place is like a
tourist spot, many people go to the house to know the history of the region,
and others out of sheer curiosity, in an attempt to witness something
supernatural.
Some Stories
Tunnels for the
basement were topped
"The last families
who lived here, and that's about 20 years ago, said they heard people crying
and asking for water. The voices, according to them, came from a kind of
basement that was under the senzala, used to chain the slaves. In trying to
solve the problem, they blocked the entrance of that space. As far as I
remember, that solved it. " Says Jailson Aparecido Nobre, 26 years old. Jailson explains that
as a kid, he played in the now inaccessible space. "It still exists, it's
down here. The walls have chains and inscriptions in Roman numerals. Other than
that, it has a tunnel of approximately 300 meters used to connect this senzala
to another area of the farm, "he reveals.
Another settler, João
Francisco da Silva, 69, says that a lady known as "Maria do seu
Vidal," said several times that she had seen something strange in the
enigmatic colonial house: "She was one of the last dwellers of the house.
On several occasions, she told us that a very beautiful and well-dressed woman
appeared to her holding a tray full of jewels, saying that there was a treasure
under the house, and that Mrs. Maria should dig to find it, "says Silva,
who complete. "She would have no reason to invent this story. He was a
serious and correct person."
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