Visconde de Mauá is a district of the city of Resende, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Of ampler form, the name Visconde de Mauá is attributed to the set of villages of Mauá, Maringá and Maromba and its diverse valleys, as the Vale das Cruzes, Alcantilado, Pavão and Grama. The region understands part of the cities of Resende-RJ, Itatiaia-RJ and Bocaina de Minas, in the state of Minas Gerais. The villages are, on average, within 40 kilometers of the headquarters of these cities.
Visconde de Mauá has about six thousand inhabitants. The main economic activity of the region is tourism, with more than 100 establishments of lodging and dozen of restaurants, some specializing in trout and pine nut recipes.
This region is located in an area of ambiental preservation, in the mountain Serra da Mantiqueira, at 1200 meters of altitude. The visitors are attracted by the natural beauties of waterfalls and valleys.
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The name Visconde de Mauá homages Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, baron and later viscount (in Portuguese = visconde), that received lands from the region in 1870, as a concession of the imperial government for wooden exploration, that would be transformed into vegetal coal. In 1889, still in the Empire, his son, Enrique Irineu de Souza, installed in lands a colonial nucleus, formed for families of European immigrants. The initiative failed and most of the colonists returned to the native countries. In 1908 the federal government purchase the lands of Enrique and creates the Colonial Nucleus Visconde de Mauá, second attempt to receive colonists European. This nucleus finished in 1916.
Some German families had remained in Visconde de Mauá and, from the decade of 1930, they started to receive relatives and friends from Europe, initiating the tourist activity in the region. In the decade of 1970, the village of Maromba was discovered by hippies and, from years 1980, becomed one of the preferred mountain destinations of tourists of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
Curiosity: Irineu Evangelista, viscount of Mauá, never was in the region that today takes its name.
The climate of the region is classified as tropical of altitude, having light summers and cold and dry winters. In the winter, from June to August, temperature can go from -2°C to 13°C (28°F - 55°F). The summer presents rain frequently, mainly vespertine rains, with temperatures varying from 8°C to 27 °C (46°F - 80°F).
The nearest International airports to Visconde de Mauá are Tom Jobim/Galeão (GIG) in Rio de Janeiro and Cumbica/Guarulhos (GRU) in São Paulo.
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