The original Chácara do Céu was an old mansion where the Castro Maya family lived, and which was also used by several diplomatic missions, among them Norway. In the 1950's the old house was demolished and a new, modern house was built, designed by the architect Wladimir Alves de Souza.
The house was adapted and turned into a museum in the 1970's, it has a great collection of European and Brazilian art and furniture.
This is a painting by Marc Chagall.
And this is a Portinari.
The library is incredible with about 8 thousand books.
But what I really liked was the garden:
Enormous, green, lush, tropical and with sculptures spread kind of casually around. A silent oasis, who could wish for more? Oh, and the blogger always looking for a bench to sit and take it all in, found a new candidate to the most inviting bench in Rio:
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