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Tour Rio 12 — Petrópolis. Duration: 8 hours
Tour Rio 12 — Petrópolis. Duration: 8 hours

  PETRÓPOLIS   The set­tle­ment of Petrópo­lis was founded on March 16, 1843, being pro­moted to dis­trict in 1844 and finally city in 1857.   The town’s name (“city of Peter”) hon­ors Emperor Pedro I, the nation’s first monarch. Dom Pedro I, on route to Minas Gerais, stopped at the Padre Cor­reas farm. He found the […]