Architectural Styles
Portugese Colonial
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
1415-1620
- Hybrid mix of Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque
- Rounded arches to windows & doors
- Azulejos (Decorative ceramic tiles) often blue and white
- wrought iron or wooden balconies
- often with decorative railings
- thick walls made from local materials
- Brazil
- Macau
- India
- Sth America
- Nth Africa,
- Mozambique
- Angola
- SE Asia
- Malacca
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Accommodation Examples
- Churches
- cathedrals
- fortresses
- colonial residences
- Govt
- admin buildings
- São Paulo Church Macao
- Basilica of Bom Jesus Old Goa
- Church of St. Cajetan Old Goa
- Fortaleza de São Jorge da Mina Ghana
- Forte de São Miguel Azores
- Fort Lodging (Forts and Trading Posts)
- Mission and Religious Guest Houses
- Urban Inns (Hospedarias / Estalagens)
- Caravan or Roadside Rest Houses (Pousos / Postos)
- Mansions/Private Hospitality (Residences of Officials and Merchants)
- Jesuit or Religious College Lodging
- Port Lodging (Seamen’s Inns or Sailor Housing)
- Charitable Hostels (Hospitals / Albergarias)
- Pousada de Baucau – Baucau, East Timor
- Grande Hotel de Goa (originally Hotel Afonso de Albuquerque)
Adaptive Reuse (Colonial & Portugese heritage)
- Pousada Arte Colonial – Paraty, Brazil
- Pousada Vila Brasil – Petrópolis, Brazil
- Casa da Ínsua – Penalva do Castelo, Portugal
- Lawrence’s Hotel – Sintra, Portugal
- Pousada de Nossa Senhora da Assunção Azores
- Convento do Espírito Santo (now Pousada de Tavira)
Landmarks
Original Accommodation
Adapted Visitor Accommodation
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