José Nicoletti Filho was a noticeable federalist public personality, revolutionary, sub-intendant, administrator and founder of the second most visited touristic city in

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, the city of

Gramado Gramado is a small tourist city, southeast of Caxias do Sul and east of Nova Petrópolis in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, in the Serra Gaúcha region. The city was originally settled by Azorean descendants and later receiv ...

. Born in

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, he immigrated to Brazil with his parents Giuseppe Nicoletti and Theresa Costa Nicoletti. He participated on the

Federalist Revolution The Federalist Revolution ( Portuguese: ''Revolução Federalista'') was a civil war that took place in southern Brazil between 1893 and 1895, fought by the federalists, opponents of Rio Grande do Sul state president, Júlio de Castilhos, seeki ...

and earned the rank of Major.

Brief life story and social contributions

In 1904, as a major and police chief of the city of

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, Nicoletti was invited by the early President of Rio Grande do Sul,

Borges de Medeiros Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros (19 November 1863 – 25 April 1961) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician, and the President of Rio Grande do Sul for a total of 25 years (1898–1908 and 1913–1928), during the period of Brazilian history ...

, to assume the headship of the 5th. district of Taquara and organize it, politic and administratively. Nicoletti abandoned all his private properties evaluated on $500.000.000 at the time for, as he said, "the wellness of the collectivity" The city was founded in September 1912, but only registered on 17 January 1913, under the Act number 139. Letters written by Nicoletti to Sir. Borges de Medeiros confirm that.

Legacy

The house where Gramado's first administrator lived in has been registered as a cultural patrimony and it's currently being restored due to the posterior installation of the most important social-cultural and historic source of the city. The Major Nicoletti Museum will not only contain the Nicoletti's family story but also the story of the families who contributed to this honourable man build the city Gramado represents today national and internationally.

References

*DAROS, M. Raízes de São Marcos e Criúva, 2005. * REKSLER, CG; KOPPE, IC. Era uma vez..! Relatos de Gramado, 1993. * DAROS, M. Grãos Relatos da História de Gramado Monument Major Nicoletti

Brazilian city founders Brazilian people of Italian descent 19th-century Brazilian people 20th-century Brazilian people 1871 births 1937 deaths {{Brazil-mil-bio-stub