wars or diseases. According to the author of the book História do Caminho de Peabiru, Rosana Bond, this Tupi-Guarani paradise would be a real island...

a farm that was an obligatory stop on the Caminho do Viamão between the central-west region of Rio Grande do Sul and the state of São Paulo. It was founded...

crossed the Serra do Mar by an old indigenous route through Peabiru. In 1553, Portuguese settlers founded the Vila de Santo André da Borda do Campo. The Jesuits...

of approximately 1465,1 km2 (5656.8 mi2). With the construction of the Caminho de Viamão in the eighteenth century, many villages were springing up in...