Casa Melo Alvim - Viana do Castelo, Portugal - Pre-Victorian Historic Homes on Waymarking.com

Melo Alvim House was built in 1509 after the “Manuelino” Style by the Royal Treasurer Pedro Pinto, who was the brother-in-law of the famous navigator João Álvares Fagundes, a native of Viana.
The founder of this House had a second marriage with an azorian lady, and in 1546 he has established the entail of Carreira, with a Chapel of Our Lady of Consolation in the mother church.
Late in the century, his son-in-law Francisco de Melo Alvim (born at Couto de Ervedêdo, near Chaves) made an addition to the house, thus doubling its façade and having it crowned with battlements, as an influence of the East, where he had been fighting for a long time.
It is also his initiative the changes on the small house of “Manuelino” style into a tuscanian hall.
On the XVII Century another structure was added at east, side by side with the beautiful “manuelina” façade and, later, on the XIX Century, after the demolishment of “Crúzios” Convent, the façade overlooking the “Crúzios” square was also enhanced by the neo-baroque fountain, which the new refurbishment works had now make possible to restore at its true place.

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Earliest Recorded Date of Construction: 01/01/1509 Architectural Period/Style: Manuelino Type of Building e.g. Country House, Stately Home, Manor: Manor Interesting Historical Facts or Connections: Melo Alvim House is the oldest urban manor house in Viana do Castelo. Main Material of Construction: Stone Private/Public Access: Private Related Website: [Web Link] Rating: Additional Dates of Construction: Not listed Architect (if known): Not listed Landscape Designer (if known): Not listed Listed Building Status (if applicable): Not listed Admission Fee (if applicable): Not Listed Opening Hours (if applicable): Not listed

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