Pau Grande
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Coordinates: 22 ° 35 ′ S , 43 ° 10 ′ W Pau Grande on the map of Rio de Janeiro
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| Country | Brazil | |
| State | Rio de Janeiro | |
| City foundation | 1848 | |
| Residents | 1000 (2008) | |
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Pau Grande is a village in the municipality of Magé in the 6th district of the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro . The district lies at the foot of the Serra dos Órgãos (Organ Pipes Mountains).
history
Where the village of Pau Grande is today, a farm was laid out around 1848 that belonged to four brothers. In the following time ownership of the land changed frequently. In 1877 the land was acquired by the three entrepreneurs Antonio Felicio dos Santos, John Sherrington and Francisco José Pedro Lessa. They built a textile factory here, from which further textile companies were later founded in Rio de Janeiro and other cities. The place Pau Grande was then founded by the textile workers employed here. After the collapse of the textile industry , Pau Grande turned into a leisure center.
The village belongs to the patronage of St. Anne. (Square Montesi, paragraph 11). The chapel there is part of the parish of Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Raiz da Serra in the 3rd deanery of the diocese of Petrópolis . At the end of July, the celebrations in honor of the saints take place here.
Sons and daughters
- Garrincha (1933–1983), football player
literature
- Elisabeth von der Weid: O Fio da Meada- Estratégia de Expansão de uma Industria Textil. Fundação Casa Rui Barbosa, 1986. ISBN 85-7004-091-1