Nos caminhos da Luz, antigos palacetes da elite paulistana

The present article is dedicated to recover the memory of the old mansions built in\ud the region of Luz Railway Station, from the beginning of the second half of the 19th Century\ud onwards. It was around that time that the region became São Paulo elites first residential\ud neighbourhood, concentrating mansions that expressed the local elaborations of architectural\ud Neo-classicism and Eclecticism. One intends to approach the interpretation processes that\ud characterised such architectural production