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Casa Rio (also been known as the S.W. Stribley House) is a house that was built in 1926. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was designed by architects Henry Van Ryn and Gerrit de Gelleke in the Mission/Spanish Revival style .
Casa del Rio ("House on the River") is an Art Deco [1] house built in 1936 [2] to a Spanish theme, [3] on the banks of the river Yealm at Newton Ferrers, South Hams, Devon, England.
Casas Bahia (English: Bahia Houses) is a Brazilian retail chain specializing in furniture and home appliances.Currently, it is one of the largest retail chain in Brazil, the other being Magazine Luiza and Americanas.
The Portuguese language is the official and national language, and thus the primary language taught in schools. English and Spanish are also part of the official curriculum. There are also international schools, such as the American School of Rio de Janeiro , Our Lady of Mercy School, SIS Swiss International School, the Corcovado German School ...
Casa-Grande e Senzala (English: The Masters and the Slaves) is a book published in 1933 by Gilberto Freyre, about the formation of Brazilian society. The casa-grande ("big house") refers to the slave owner's residence on a sugarcane plantation , where whole towns were owned and managed by one man.
The current building was constructed by the order of Gomes Freire de Andrade, governor of the Capitania (colonial administrative region) of Rio de Janeiro. The architect was the Portuguese military engineer José Fernandes Pinto Alpoim, a close collaborator of the governor, who greatly enlarged the existing buildings of the Royal mint and the Royal storage house which existed in the same place.
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A quinta is a primarily rural property, especially those with historic manors and palaces in continental Portugal.The term is also used as an appellation for agricultural estates, such as wineries, vineyards, and olive groves.