Resende

This city is located 160 km from Rio de Janeiro with access through highway BR-116 (Dutra), which connects Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo. Resende is one of the most beautiful touristic cities in the Agulhas Negras Region, within the south of the State of Rio.

The historic relevance of this city is associated with coffee and mining periods during the 18th and 19th centuries. Enclaved in the Serra da Mantiqueira (Mantiqueira Mountains), it offers visitors, in addition to a rich natural heritage, a precious cultural and architectural collection listed by the Institute for National Artistic and Historical Heritage (IPHAN): all this collection can be found in the Fazenda do Castelo (Castelo Ranch), which preserves Portuguese tiles and marble, in the Fundação Casa da Cultura Macedo Miranda (Macedo Miranda House of Culture Foundation), in the Igreja Matriz (Mother Church) or in the Palacete (small Palace) that housed Princess Isabel and the Count of Eu during their stay in the city.

City Specifications:

Area: 1,095.25 km2 (IBGE - 2010)
Population: 119,801 inhabitants
(IBGE/Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics - 2010)
Distance from the capital: 154 Km (DER-RJ/Department of Highways - Rio de Janeiro - 2006)
Duration of journey: approximately
2 hours and 20 minutes
Area Code: 24
Altitude: 407 m
Climate: subtropical highland
Average annual temperature: 25º C

Tourist Information:

Secretaria Municipal de Turismo e Comércio
(City Department of Tourism and Commerce)
Website: www.resende.rj.gov.br
Address: Rua Augusto Xavier de Lima, 251
District: Jardim Jalisco – Cep: 27.510-090
Phone: (+ 55 24) 3360 9578 / 3360 6019

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