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Antônio Prado 9
* 14,000. @ n Rua Luiza
Brocchese 68, (054) 3293 1500.
www .antonioprado.com.br
The last of the major
settlements, Antônio Prado
was established in the Italian
colonial zone in 1886. Located
in the zone's northern
extreme and, until fairly
recently, with poor links to
other centers, Antônio Prado
failed to make the transition
from farming community to
industrial town.
The lack of development is
one of the reasons why the
town was declared a National
Heritage Site in 1989. Its
particular attraction is its
concentration of wooden,
stone-base buildings erected
by Italian immigrants.
Clustered around the
town's central square, Praça
Garibaldi , and the roads that
extend immediately off it,
some 48 historic buildings
are protected and perfectly
maintained. Most of the
brightly painted clapboard
structures with their
unchanged interiors have
been turned into shops or
small government offices.
One of these buildings is
now the town hall on Praça
Garibaldi. Also located on
Praça Garibaldi, the Museu de
Antônio Prado offers a useful
historical overview of the
development of the town.
E Museu de Antônio Prado
Rua Francisco Maracantônio 77.
Tel (054) 3293 1277. # 8:30am-
12:30pm & 1:30-5pm Tue-Fri,
1-5pm Sat, 11am-5pm Sun.
Artifacts displayed in Museu Casa de Pedra in Caxias do Sul
The Museu Municipal , built
in 1880 as a private residence,
documents the history of
Caxias, starting with the
arrival of the first immigrants
from Veneto. The museum's
permanent collection includes
objects, documents, and
photographs charting the
development of the city.
The Museu Casa de
Pedra , housed in a carefully
preserved stone farmhouse
built in 1878, sheds light
on the lives of the pioneer
settlers with interesting dis-
plays of tools, furniture, and
photographs.
E Museu Casa de Pedra
Rua Matteo Gianella 531,
Bairro Santa Catarina. Tel (054)
3221 2423. # 8:30am-5pm Tue-
Sun. &
E Museu Municipal
Rua Visconde de Pelotas, 586.
Tel (054) 3221 2423. # 9am-5pm
Tue. & 8
even maintaining the Venetian
dialect of their immigrant
forbears, making it the most
Italian of Brazilian towns.
Environs
Located in a fertile and
picturesque valley, Otávio
Rocha , 8 miles (13 km)
southwest of Flores da Cunha,
is especially striking, with
vines extending down to the
main streets. The village has
become a popular place to
eat and there is good choice
of restaurants specializing in
simple, but tasty, northern
Italian country fare.
Another 4 miles (7 km)
west of Otávio Rocha is
Nova Pádua , another wine-
producing município , whose
inhabitants are descended
from Venetian immigrants.
The village's focal point is
the church, characteristically
Italian in style with a bell
tower set slightly to the side
of the main structure. A short
distance farther west, there
are breathtaking views below
onto the fast flowing Rio das
Antas and a landscape of the
Antas Valley, a mix of vine-
yards and primary forest.
Flores da Cunha 8
* 27,000. @ from Caxias do Sul.
www .floresdacunha.com.br
The fact that Flores da Cunha
boasts one of the highest
concentrations of wineries
in Rio Grande do Sul will
come as little surprise to
visitors. Just about every
available patch of land in
the municipality is given
to grape vines and cantinas ,
ranging from small artisan
wine producers to huge
cooperatives.
The town of Flores da
Cunha itself is unremarkable,
but the surrounding villages
and hamlets could easily be
mistaken for simple northern
Italian farming communities,
Colorful stone-base wooden houses in Antônio Prado
 
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