Dealer wholesale a lot of initiative, enriched in the time when Brazil's foreign trade was a monopoly of the Metropolis , Elias Antonio Lopes could afford the luxury of building a rest for your fifth house. The site chosen was on a rise that extended the river banks Maracana the sea, between the bay of Saint Kitts and Inhaúma called Quinta da Boa Vista. With the arrival of the Royal Family, Elias donated his property to D. John VI transforming it into a residence of the monarch. To accommodate it, the mansion on Thursday, despite being large and comfortable, needed to be adapted as a royal residence. Thus, underwent considerable reform undertaken by an English architect, m ore afternoon, D. Pedro I do sends new renovation and expansion, acquiring the neighboring farm to farm. After marriage in 1817, D. And Peter D. Leopoldina took up residence at the Quinta da Boa Vista. Also on Thursday grew up and was educated D. Peter II promoted several reforms in the property, including renovating and decorating their gardens, a project of the French landscape Glaziou in very well preserved. With the advent of the Republic, Thursday, after hosting the Constituent Assembly of 1891, was transformed in 1893 at the National Museum, moved from Campo de Santana. Currently, Quinta da Boa Vista works like a park, housing the City Zoo, the Museum of Wildlife and the palace, the National Museum, administered by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
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