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D. Pedro II chose the farm to stay during a visit to the interior of Minas Gerais, in the 18th century. The writer Carlos Drummond de Andrade surrendered to the charms of the heritage and defined it as a true palace. Some claim that they have heard noises inside the headquarters, although no one else lives in the house. This is the story of Fazenda Boa Esperança, one of the oldest farms in Brazil Empire, which was the sumptuous residence of the Baron of Paraopeba, Romualdo José Monteiro de Barros, owner of rich mining and mineral farms in Congonhas do Campo, brother of the acclaimed matriarch of the Monteiro de Castro Family, Maria do Carmo Monteiro de Barros. The Farm is located 6 km from the municipality of Belo Vale, in Minas Gerais. A notable element of a landscape architectural ensemble of significant cultural and historical value, the headquarters of Fazenda Boa Esperança, built with influences in the north of Portugal with slave labor, was completed in the 19th century, in 1822, being an integral property of the cycle of gold.