Vila do Abraão

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View of Vila do Abraão from the sea

Vila do Abraão (Portuguese for Abrahamsdorf ), Abraão for short , is the capital of the island of Ilha Grande , which is part of the municipality of Angra dos Reis in the south of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro .

The place in the northeast of the island has about 3,000 inhabitants.

economy

Located on the edge of the Ilha Grande nature reserve, it thrives on national and international tourism. There are around 100 guesthouses and a fleet of sailing ships in the village, which carry out daily trips to the surrounding area and the nature park. Automobiles are not permitted on the entire island.

Vila do Abraão has a diving base and a tourist information office.

There is a daily ferry service from Vila do Abraão with Angra dos Reis and Mangaratiba . The journey time is around 75 minutes for a distance of around 25 km.

The place is the starting point for excursions to the Ilha Grande National Park and other attractions on the island such as B. the ascent to the nearby, at 982 m, the second highest mountain on the island, the Pico do Papagaio , the "Parrot's Point".

The beach of Vila do Abraão

history

In the 18th century, Vila do Abraão was the center of the Ilha Grande and the main hub of the slave trade for the southern part of the Rio de Janeiro area. In one of the darkest epochs of Brazilian history, ships with men, women and children from Africa landed on the beaches of Palmas and Dois Rios for over 200 years , destined for the heavy work on the sugar cane plantations and fazendas (farms) of Rio de Janeiro .

In order to be able to meet the growing demand for labor after the abolition of slavery in 1850, Brazil opened the gates for mainly European and Asian immigrants. Since some of these countries were affected by cholera and other epidemics at that time , Emperor Dom Pedro I had a quarantine hospital built on the Ilha Grande near Vila do Abraão, where the immigrants had to stay for a while before they could "officially" were allowed to enter Brazil. The ruins of the hospital are still there today, although overgrown by Atlantic rainforest .

Web links

Commons : Vila do Abraão  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Trilha: Abraão X Pico do Papagaio - Ilha Grande - RJ. In: ilhagrande.org. Retrieved July 25, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).

Coordinates: 23 ° 9 ′  S , 44 ° 10 ′  W