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Morretes
Morretes is a small historic city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. It has a population of around 16,000 people. It is famous for its restaurants, especially a traditional dish called ''barreado''. It is also the home of many historical monuments. History Etymology The name "Morretes" is a geographical reference to the ''morros'' (Portuguese for "hills") that surround the city. Geography Morretes can be reached by road or by taking the historical Serra Verde Express train from Curitiba, or the touristic Paranagua-Curitiba Railway. Main sights Overview Saint Benedict's Church (Igreja de São Benedito): There are a lot of attractions in Morretes. One of them is the Saint Benedict's Church. In 1760, the Brotherhood of Saint Benedict was founded in Morretes. Between 1865 and 1895 the chapel and the cemetery were built, not without some difficulty, as the region was going through a period of economic decadence. Its architecture is composed of the simplest edified scheme of the reli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pau Oco State Park
The Pau Oco State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Pau-Oco) is a state park in the state of Paraná, Brazil. It protects an area of Atlantic Forest. The main attraction is the Salto da Fortuna, a waterfall. Location The Pau Oco State Park has an area of in the municipality of Morretes, Paraná. It is part of the Lagamar Mosaic. The park contains the Salto da Fortuna, a waterfall that may be reached by a trail taking about four hours round trip. The fall is high and has a large natural pool at its base where visitors may bathe. A local guide is required. The trail is of medium difficulty, crosses rivers, and includes sections and ruins of the old Arraial Colonial Route, now replaced by BR-277. The Arraial Colonial Way was opened between 1586 and 1590. There is an old chapel used by the miners of that time to request protection on their expeditions into the Serra do Mar. History The Pau Oco State Park was created by state governor decree 4266 of 21 November 1994. The land was owned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graciosa State Park
The Graciosa State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual da Graciosa) is a state park in the state of Paraná, Brazil. It protects an area of dense rainforest in the Atlantic Forest biome. Location The Graciosa State Park is in the municipality of Morretes, Paraná. It has an area of . It is situated between the Serra da Graciosa and the Serra do Mar. It is in the Atlantic Forest biome. The park contains typical dense rainforest flora, and is home to a wide variety of species of birds, mammals, snakes, frogs and insects. The park is located between Anhangava, Marumbi and Pico Paraná. It receives few visitors due to the difficulty of finding a way through the dense forest, lack of mountain meadows and absence of important summits. It adjoins the Pico Paraná State Park to the north. It is part of the Lagamar Mosaic. History The Graciosa State Park was created by decree 7.302 of 24 September 1990 by the governor of the state of Paraná. The purpose was to protect the biodiversity and wate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guaricana National Park
The Guaricana National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional Guaricana) is a national park in the state of Paraná, Brazil. It protects a mountainous area holding a remnant of Atlantic Forest. Location The Guaricana National Park covers parts of the municipalities of Guaratuba (67.49% of the park), Morretes (19.47%) and São José dos Pinhais (13.04%) in the state of Paraná. It is west of the Saint-Hilaire/Lange National Park, south of highway BR-277, and east of highway BR-376. Guaratuba Bay is to the south east. It has an area of . The park lies in the mountains that rise to the east of the interior plateau of Curitiba. The range rises up to above the level of the plateau, with altitudes from above sea level. The terrain is mountainous, cut by deep valleys. The whole of the park is in the littoral basin of Paraná, mainly the catchments of the Cubatão and Cubatãozinho rivers. A small part of the northeast holds the basins of the Pinto and Sagrado rivers, which flow north into Paran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Ribas Lange State Park
The Roberto Ribas Lange State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual Roberto Ribas Lange) is a State park in the state of Paraná, Brazil. It protects an area holding remnants of Atlantic Forest. Location The Roberto Ribas Lange State Park is divided between the municipalities of Antonina (28.77%), Campina Grande do Sul (9.75%) and Morretes (61.48%) in Paraná. It has an area of . As of 2016 the park was not open to visitors. It adjoins the Pico Paraná State Park to the south. The conservation unit is part of the Lagamar Mosaic. History The Agudo da Cotia State Park was created by decree 7.301 of 24 September 1990. The Roberto Ribas Lange State Park was created by state decree 4.267 of 21 November 1994, with an area of . Of this, belonged to the Agudos da Cotia State Park, which was revoked. The objective is to protect remnants of Atlantic Forest The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guaratuba Environmental Protection Area
The Guaratuba Environmental Protection Area ( pt, Área de Proteção Ambiental de Guaratuba) is an environmental protection area in the state of Paraná, Brazil. Location The Guaratuba Environmental Protection Area (APA) is divided between the municipalities of Guaratuba (66.7%), Matinhos (1.1%), Morretes (5.71%), Paranaguá (4.45%), São José dos Pinhais (12.38%) and Tijucas do Sul (9.67%) in Paraná. It has an area of . The APA contains the Saint-Hilaire/Lange National Park in its northeast and the Lagoa do Parado Municipal Nature Park and Boguaçu State Park in the southeast. It is part of the Lagamar Mosaic of conservation units. History Despite a lack of systematic study, 131 archaeological sites have been identified, typically sambaquis, or large accumulations of the shells of mollusks and crustaceans and the bones of fish. Of more recent date, the Caminho do Ambrósios was an important route by which Iberian settlers penetrated into the territory of Paraná. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pico Do Marumbi State Park
The Pico do Marumbi State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual Pico do Marumbi) is a State park in the state of Paraná, Brazil. Location The Pico do Marumbi State Park is in the municipality of Morretes, Paraná. It has an area of . It may be reached from Curitiba by a 2-hour ride on the centennial Curitiba-Paranaguá railroad, which has a station at the park. Entrance is free. The climate is tropical, with an annual average temperature of . The region is very rainy, with driest conditions from April to October. The park has well-preserved forests. It is part of the Lagamar Mosaic. History The Pico do Marumbi State Park was created by state governor decree 7300 of 24 September 1990 with an area of . The Institute of Lands, Cartography and Forests (ITCF) of the State of Paraná was to administer the park to promote preserving the waters, flora and fauna. Two years were given for preparation of the management plan, to be integrated with the Marumbi Tourist Area. On 2 October 2007 Governor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curitiba
Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the List of cities in Brazil by population, eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region, Brazil, South Region. The Curitiba Metropolitan area comprises 26 Municipalities of Brazil, municipalities with a total population of over 3.2 million (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE estimate in 2010), making it the seventh most populous metropolitan area in the country. The city sits on a plateau at Above mean sea level, above sea level. It is located west of the seaport of Paranaguá and is served by the Afonso Pena International Airport, Afonso Pena International and Bacacheri Airport, Bacacheri airports. Curitiba is an important cultural, political, and economic center in Latin America and hosts the Federal University of Paraná, established in 1912. In the 1700s, Curitiba's favorabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paranaguá
Paranaguá (''Great Round Sea'', in Tupi) is a city in the state of Paraná in Brazil. Founded in 1648, it is Paraná's oldest city. It is known for the Port of Paranaguá, which serves as both the sea link for Curitiba, to the west and the capital of Paraná, and as one of the largest ports of Brazil. As of 2020, the city has an estimated population of 156,174 and a population density of 169.92 persons per km², making it the tenth most populated city in the state of Paraná. The total area of the city is . Conservation The municipality contains 4% of the Guaratuba Environmental Protection Area, created in 1992. It holds 17% of the Bom Jesus Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit established in 2012. The municipality contains the Ilha do Mel State Park and the Ilha do Mel Ecological Station on the Ilha do Mel (Honey Island) at the mouth of Paranaguá Bay. History Early settlement Paranaguá was home to a ''sambaqui'', or midden culture, for several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serra Verde Express
Serra (Latin for "saw") may refer to: People * Serra (footballer) (born 1961), Portuguese footballer * Serra (surname) * Serra (given name) Cities, towns, municipalities Brazil *Serra, Espírito Santo, a city in the Greater Vitória area *Amparo do Serra, in Minas Gerais *Araçoiaba da Serra, in São Paulo *Itapecerica da Serra, in São Paulo *Mirante da Serra, in Rondônia *Natividade da Serra, in São Paulo *Pé de Serra, in Bahia *Redenção da Serra, in São Paulo *Rio Grande da Serra, in São Paulo *Santa Maria da Serra, in São Paulo *São Lourenço da Serra, in São Paulo *Serra Azul, in São Paulo *Serra do Navio, in Amapá *Serra do Navio, in Amapá *Serra Negra, in São Paulo *Serra Talhada, in Pernambuco *Taboão da Serra, in São Paulo Italy *La Serra, San Miniato, in Tuscany *Serra (Rocca Santa Maria), in Abruzzo *Serra d'Aiello, in Calabria *Serra de' Conti, in Marche *Serra Pedace, in Calabria *Serra Riccò, in Liguria *Serra San Bruno, in Calabria *Serra San Quir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe, while having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as " Lusophone" (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Celtic phonology in its lexicon. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 24 million L2 (second language) speakers, Portuguese has approximately 274 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the sixth-most spoken language, the third-most sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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