Sugar Mill
Founded in 1881 by Baron Estevão Ribeiro de Rezende to
replace slave work by mechanization and hired man power. There
were serious difficulties to maintain the imported machines
in operation. In 1899 it was sold to Societè Sucrérie
Brèsiliennes, a French group which ran six other sugar
mills in the state of São Paulo. At the time the Engenho
Central became one of the most important sugar mills in the
country, with an annual production of 100 thousand sugar bags
and 3 million liters of alcohol. The sugar and alcohol production
was discontinued in 1974 and the building considered a historic
patrimony. The 12 thousand square meters of buildings surrounded
by S80 thousand square meters of green area are now an important
cultural, artistic and recreational site of the city.
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Prudente de Moraes Museum
An anciente Brazilian imperial style house, it was the home
of the first civil president of Brazil. This Historic and Pedagogical
museum exhibits pieces that illustrate the life of the ex-president
Prudente de Moraes and the beginning of the Republic. Located
on the corner of Santo Antonio and Prudente de Moraes Street,
downtown.
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Tupi Park
A beautiful preserved natural park, with varied species of vegetation.
Visitors can come for a picnic, a barbecue or a walk through
the tree-shaded alleys while children can enjoy the wooden made
playground and the water driven corn pounder.
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The Agronomy School "Luiz de Queiroz"
The oldest Agronomy School in the country. It was founded
in 1895 by Luiz Vicente de Souza Queiroz who donated his 'São
João da Montanha' farm for the government to build the
University. In 1901 Luiz de Queiroz's dream came true. The 56
hectare university park designed by the Belgium landscape engineer
Arsenio Putterman in 1907 became one of the most beautiful campus
in the country.
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