Itu
"Itu, April 18th, 1873 — the Republic began here."
The house's epigraph, in memory of the Itu Convention.
On April 18th, 1873, Itu hosted Brazil's first republican convention. One hundred and thirty-three delegates gathered in a townhouse downtown — its entrance hall lined with Portuguese tiles — and founded there the Paulista Republican Party. Among the central figures of the movement articulated in the city was Prudente de Moraes, born in Itu, who would become Brazil's first civilian president.
As historian Jonas Souza records, Prudente de Moraes' membership gave "greater visibility to the purposes" of the Itu Convention — and, as first civilian president, he played an important role in consolidating the new regime.
The site of the Convention is today the Museu Republicano Convenção de Itu, an extension of the Museu Paulista of the University of São Paulo — a short walk from the manor.
The city that keeps this history remains alive and visited: the FAMA Museum, Eduardo Kobra's studio, preserved colonial architecture and the central squares make Itu an established weekend destination — about 100 km and ~1 hour from São Paulo.
A big-city clientele. A table that doesn't exist yet.
Itu is an official tourist city — every weekend it receives the flow of visitors from the capital. And it sits at the center of the countryside's most exclusive second-home axis: Terras de São José, within the municipality itself, and the Fazenda Boa Vista/Porto Feliz region next door.
This is a clientele that already pays São Paulo prices — at the country house, on the golf course, at the riding center — yet still has to drive back to the capital to dine accordingly. The local scene has quality and charm; what the historic center still lacks is the destination restaurant: the house that justifies the trip on its own.
That gap is precisely the thesis of this opportunity. It has an address.
A density of wealth ten minutes from the manor.
In 1975, Itu inaugurated a format the whole country would copy: Terras de São José, Brazil's first gated community. Half a century later, it remains the national reference for top-end second homes.
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~1,000
lots in the original Terras de São José, averaging 2,000–2,500 m² — plus an 18-hole golf course already ranked among Brazil's 10 best by Golf Digest, an award-winning riding center and a helipad.
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Unique in Latin America
the golf academy designed by Jack Nicklaus, at Terras de São José II — where lots average ~2,300 m².
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R$ 18M
is the top of the range for homes listed in the community — capital-grade wealth, ten minutes from the historic center.