at a glance

in its early days, the neighborhood was full of farms owned by wealthy landowners, with the most prominent one belonging to comendador antónio martins lage, who possessed a vast english-style park, an imposing mansion and beautiful lush gardens that were sprinkled throughout his estate.

in 1965, the estate was sold to the governor, who transformed it into parque lage - nowadays the park houses the school of the visual arts and preserves the attributes of the era.

 furthermore, the lakes and dense forestry were preserved, and the woody hike in the forest up to the heights of corcovado is still an accessible trip for visitors.