Garibaldi, Rio Grande do Sul

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Garibaldi, Rio Grande do Sul
Garibaldi, Rio Grande do Sul
The Maria Fumaça steam locomotive at the Bento Gonçalves train station - the train passes through Garibaldi
The Maria Fumaça steam locomotive at the Bento Gonçalves train station - the train passes through Garibaldi

Garibaldi is a town in Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. It has a population of 28,714 people, most of them of Italian descent. The city is famous for its wine production. The name Garibaldi is an homage to the Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi and his Brazilian wife, Anita Garibaldi.

Garibaldi is the middle city of three on the Maria Fumaça tourist train line. The other two cities are Carlos Barbosa and Bento Gonçalves. Visitors stop on the Garibaldi platform to enjoy gaúcho music and taste the cheese, grape juice and wine of the region.

The city is known the land of Champagne
The city is known the land of Champagne

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City Hall
City Hall
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