Machine translation of the Portuguese Wikipedia article (November 2026 version).
Santana de Parnaíba is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo, located in the West Zone of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. Founded by Susana Dias in 1580, near the Tietê River, it is one of the oldest cities in the state and in Brazil. It was the birthplace of expeditions and of the bandeirante Domingos Jorge Velho and of the scientist Warwick Estevam Kerr, and it is considered a historical heritage site of Brazil on account of its rich history, colonial architecture, culture and preserved architectural ensemble.
Santana de Parnaíba and its Historic Centre are known for their Portuguese colonial architecture, with houses, two-storey mansions, large residences, churches and historic monuments (many of which were built in rammed earth, taipa de pilão, and in wattle-and-daub, pau a pique) dating from the 17th to the 19th century, and the city has the only preserved architectural ensemble of colonial origin in the metropolitan region and one of the largest in the state. The richness and diversity of its colonial buildings earned it recognition from the Council for the Defence of the Historical, Archaeological, Artistic and Tourist Heritage (CONDEPHAAT) and from the Institute of National Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN), which listed the Historic Centre, with its more than 209 buildings.
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