Ptio do Colgio, a historical Jesuit church and school in the city of So Paulo which started out as a modest hut covered with palm leaves, was finished using taipa de pilo or rammed earth.
Patio do Colegio (in Portuguese School Yard, written in the archaic orthography Pateo do Collegio) is the name given to the historical Jesuit church and school in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Initially, the church building was a modest hut covered with palm leaves or straw. In 1556, under father Afonso Bras, new buildings of the school and church were finished using taipa de pilao (rammed earth), a more solid technique. 
