Object description

The Imperial School of Agricultural of Bahia is a former agricultural school in São Francisco do Conde, Bahia, Brazil. It opened in 1875 as one of three agriculture schools founded under the direction of Dom Pedro II in the Northeast region of Brazil. The school became, in succession, the Agricultural Institute of Bahia in 1904; the Theoretical-Practical Middle School of Agriculture of Bahia in 1911; the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine in 1916; the Agriculture School of Bahia in 1919. The building was completely abandoned by 1958, but the property was transferred to the School of Agriculture of the Federal University of Bahia in 1967. The building is in an advanced state of ruin. Two thirds of its facade remain, but major parts of the structure have fallen into rubble and the site is covered by dense vegetation.