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Conservatoria

The name Conservatória originates in Portugal and refers to a type of registry office for populations. At first, it was called “Conservatória dos Índios”, the place where the Portuguese who started the colonization of the place registered the Araris Indians, originally from the region. The main entrance is marked by the famous tunnel that cries, built in the 19th century by slave hands to allow passage for the railway line. The houses, built at the same time in colonial style, were listed by the municipal historical heritage and offer a special color to the place.
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Locomotive 206

Made in Philadelphia, USA, and brought to Brazil in the first decade of the 20th century, the locomotive, which harks back to the times when the Conservatory had a railway line, is a mandatory stop for souvenir photos.

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Tunnel that Cries

The name is due to a source of pure water, known as Fonte da Saudade. Ninety-five meters long, five meters high, three and a half meters wide and paved in pé de moleque, it is in a state of rough rock, in which it is possible to verify the excavation work carried out by the slaves.

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Bridge of Arches

Built to connect two railways, one hundred meters long and twelve meters high, it was inaugurated in 1884, in the presence of D. Pedro II.

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India Waterfall

Over the small waterfall at Balneário Municipal João Raposo, there is a sculpture very similar to the figure of an Indian woman. Hence the affectionate nickname. The work, all worked in bronze, weighing approximately one hundred kilos, was created by the artist Vilma Noel and donated to the Conservatory by the artist Luis Figueiredo.

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Beauty Mountain

The official name is Serra da Taquara, but when appreciating the place, the nickname is understood. On one of the curves on the Conservatória x Santa Isabel road, there is a strategic point to better observe one of the most beautiful landscapes in the region.

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Church of Santo Antonio

Before it was built, there was a chapel on the site, dating from 1803, all in wattle and daub and covered with thatch. The robust building with wide walls, about 1.6 m thick, was inaugurated in 1868. Every year, in July, the community holds the Festa de Santo Antônio.

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Culture House

Built in the 19th century, the mansion once belonged to the families of coffee baron Francisco Leite Ribeiro and priest João Pedro Seabra. The house always offers temporary and permanent exhibitions. In addition, it has a small collection of radios and record players, such as a gramophone from 1910 and a radio-victrola from the 1940s.

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Cine Centimeter

Replica of the famous Cine Metro Tijuca, which operated between 1941 and 1976, in Praça Saens Peña, in Rio de Janeiro, and held up to 1800 people, the Centimeter, in a cozy atmosphere, holds only 60 spectators. A great opportunity to remember the times of street cinemas. The visitation includes the exhibition, on film, of old MGM clips and trailers.

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Old Railway Station

After the dismantling of the tracks, the train station gave way to the current Conservatória bus station. There is also a museum and the Detachment of Ostensive Policing, the basic support unit of the Military Police. A curiosity about the Old Railway Station is that its base was built with stones removed during the excavation of the tunnel that cries, the tourist spot we visited next.

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