Abstract
This article presents the "social circuit" of a piece of neo-colonial architecture, the Solar Monjope, built in the 1920s at the Botanical Garden in Rio de Janeiro, by the doctor and supporter of arts José Marianno Filho. As the house has been object of controversy since it was built, and specially when it was demolished in the 1970s, we take it to study the institutional intricacies of active conservation agencies in Rio de Janeiro, the IPHAN and the predecessor of INEPAC, in the 1970s, and analyze the reasons of the demand for preservation by non-experts, in order to understand the perception of heritage by society.
Keywords:
Solar Monjope; INEPAC; IPHAN; neocolonial; José Marianno Filho