Paraty Foundation
Igreja Matriz N. S. dos RemédiosThe only city on the south coast of Rio de Janeiro with a practically intact colonial urban layout. The foundation is marked by the overlap of cultur...
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The Golden Path (Royal Road)
Caminho do Ouro Trail (Paraty Mirim)The gold flowed through Paraty financed Portugal and part of Europe in the 19th century. XVIII. The path was rediscovered in 1998 and opened to the p...
View detailsSlavery and Quilombos
Quilombo Campinho da IndependênciaAfro-Brazilian culture is the basis of Paraty's identity: artisanal cachaça, jongo, the São Benedito festival, cirandas, the Quilombo Campinho da Ind...
View detailsPorto's decadence: the New Path
Historic Center listedDecay accidentally preserved the architectural ensemble. Paraty has maintained streets, churches and mansions from the 18th century. XVIII almost unc...
View detailsThe Coffee Cycle and the Second Apogee
Historic Center mansionsSecond period of economic prosperity. Paraty was the closest port to ship coffee from the Paraíba Valley to Europe. The architecture of the century...
View detailsThe Great Decadence: Railways and Abolition
The entire Historic CenterThe isolation of almost 70 years was the greatest "conservation" of Brazilian historical heritage. No modernization, no demolition. Brazil advanced...
View detailsRediscovery and National Listing
Historical Center fully listedParaty has become a national reference for preservation. The listing prevented the fate of other Brazilian historic centers that were demolished to m...
View detailsUNESCO World Heritage Site — Mixed Site
Historic CenterThe only Brazilian and South American asset with simultaneous cultural and natural UNESCO recognition. It places Paraty on the same international lev...
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17th century
Paraty Foundation
Igreja Matriz N. S. dos Remédios
The only city on the south coast of Rio de Janeiro with a practically intact colonial urban layout. The foundation is marked by the overlap of cultures: indigenous, Portuguese and...
17th century (1600–1667)
Foundation & Origin
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18th century
The Golden Path (Royal Road)
Caminho do Ouro Trail (Paraty Mirim)
The gold flowed through Paraty financed Portugal and part of Europe in the 19th century. XVIII. The path was rediscovered in 1998 and opened to the public in 2003 — today it is on...
17th–18th century (1700s)
Gold Cycle
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17th century
Slavery and Quilombos
Quilombo Campinho da Independência
Afro-Brazilian culture is the basis of Paraty's identity: artisanal cachaça, jongo, the São Benedito festival, cirandas, the Quilombo Campinho da Independência (today with ~100 fa...
17th–19th century
Resistance & Black Culture
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18th century
Porto's decadence: the New Path
Historic Center listed
Decay accidentally preserved the architectural ensemble. Paraty has maintained streets, churches and mansions from the 18th century. XVIII almost unchanged — the main reason why i...
1728
Gold Cycle — Decline
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19th century
The Coffee Cycle and the Second Apogee
Historic Center mansions
Second period of economic prosperity. Paraty was the closest port to ship coffee from the Paraíba Valley to Europe. The architecture of the century. XIX merged with colonial times.
19th century (1800–1870)
Coffee Cycle
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19th century
The Great Decadence: Railways and Abolition
The entire Historic Center
The isolation of almost 70 years was the greatest "conservation" of Brazilian historical heritage. No modernization, no demolition. Brazil advanced; Paraty was stuck in the centur...
1870–1888
Decay & Isolation
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20th century
Rediscovery and National Listing
Historical Center fully listed
Paraty has become a national reference for preservation. The listing prevented the fate of other Brazilian historic centers that were demolished to make way for avenues and buildi...
1954–1966
Heritage & Preservation
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21st century
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Mixed Site
Historic Center
The only Brazilian and South American asset with simultaneous cultural and natural UNESCO recognition. It places Paraty on the same international level as Venice, Cartagena de Ind...
2019
International Recognition
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