Fazenda
![Piedade farm. The master house of a coffee plantation farm founded in the 18th century in Party do Alferes, Rio de Janeiro.](/Images/godic/202501/12/Fazenda_Piedade0851.jpg")
A fazenda (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɐˈzẽdɐ], meaning "farm") is a plantation found throughout Brazil; during the colonial period (16th - 18th centuries) they were concentrated primarily in the northeastern region, where sugar was produced, expanding during the 19th century in the southeastern region to coffee production. Fazenda now denotes any kind of farm.