Casa dos Macedos / Casa de Amarante - Amarante, Portugal
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Ariberna
N 41° 16.169 W 008° 04.803
29T E 577053 N 4569081
Familiar house from Baroque.
Waymark Code: WM16QCM
Location: Porto, Portugal
Date Posted: 09/16/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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PT: "Casa nobre barroca de planta composta muito acrescentada com o corpo principal de planta rectangular, organizado a partir de um espaço central no piso térreo. Composição ritmada dos vãos perfeitamente alinhados. Cartela com volutas de suporte da pedra de armas. O brasão da Casa apresenta-se aposto no cunhal do corpo principal inserido numa cartela de recorte barroco. No interior destaca-se o tecto das entradas principais, a escadaria de acesso às duas habitações e a escadaria iluminada de forma zenital. O espaço interior é muito compartimentado pela actual funcionalidade do imóvel. Dizem as utentes que o volume principal da Casa, ao nível do segundo piso, onde se localizavam os sucessivos salões, quando foram readaptados para se tornarem uma habitação, com a construção de tectos planos, os antigos em masseira num nível superior existem intactos. A Casa dos Macedos foi na época das Invasões Francesas quartel general das tropas de Loison."

EN: "Baroque noble house with a composite floor plan, with the main body having a rectangular floor plan, organized around a central space on the ground floor. Rhythmic composition of perfectly aligned spans. Cartouche with volutes supporting the stone of arms. The coat of arms of the House is displayed on the corner of the main body, inserted in a baroque cartouche. Inside, the ceiling of the main entrances, the staircase leading to the two rooms and the staircase illuminated in a zenith way stand out. The interior space is very compartmentalized due to the current functionality of the property. Users say that the main volume of the House, at the level of the second floor, where the successive halls were located, when they were readapted to become a dwelling, with the construction of flat ceilings, the old ones in masseira on a higher level exist intact."

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Style: Baroque

Type of building (structure): Town-house

Date of origin:: XVIII

Address:
R. Frei José Amarante, 4600-758 Amarante, Portugal


Architect(s): Not listed

Web site of the object (if exists): Not listed

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