Paper short abstract:

The Campinas Metropolitan Cathedral was constructed between 1803 and 1887 from the rammed earth technique, developed by the Portuguese since the first century of occupation in the Americas. This communication deals with the documents relating to the construction of the building.

Paper long abstract:

It is a recent discovery at the Museum of Sacred Art of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in Campinas, SP, of a vast documentation on the construction of the church began in 1807 and ended in 1883. Are also new studies that reveal aspects of the troubled trajectory of works, whose chronology begins on 6/10/1807. It´s possible to discover how a city poor and without resources could, from a specific tax legislation, to build a large building to house a bishopric. In a rare case in the history of Brazilian architecture, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Campinas has almost full the acquis relating to its construction, in all its phases, which allows to determine the technical aspects of its constitution, contributing to its conservation.