An imperial school opened by Dom Pedro II on the Boulevard 28 de Setembro.
The Colégio Estadual João Alfredo sits at Boulevard 28 de Setembro 109, near the start of the tree-lined avenue that the Barão de Drummond laid out as the spine of his planned Vila Isabel in 1872. The school's mid-19th-century main house and its grounds are heritage-listed, making it the boulevard's most important historic building.
The boulevard around it is Vila Isabel's defining address — the avenue named for the date of the Lei do Ventre Livre, with its musical-score mosaic sidewalks honoring the neighborhood's samba tradition and Noel Rosa, the bairro's most famous son.
Address: Boulevard 28 de Setembro 109, Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro
The original house was built in 1855 by Jorge Rudge, on land of the old Macacos estate. In 1873 the imperial minister João Alfredo Corrêa de Oliveira acquired the property for the state, and in 1875 Dom Pedro II personally inaugurated the school there as the Asilo dos Meninos Desvalidos, a boarding institution for poor boys taught trades alongside lessons.
Renamed several times — Instituto Profissional, then Instituto Profissional João Alfredo — it became the Colégio Estadual João Alfredo and is now listed as state heritage, one and a half centuries into continuous service as a school.
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