The Coffee Cycle and the Second Apogee

What happened

With the coffee boom in the Paraíba Valley, Paraty once again prospered as a shipping port. In the year of Independence (1822), 160,914 "heads of men and animals" passed through the city. Farms and townhouses were built or renovated. The coffee elite brought new resources to the city, which had been dormant due to the decline of gold.

Why does it matter

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.

Related locations

• Historic Center mansions
• Surrounding farms

Sources

• euamoparaty.com.br
• paraty.com.br
• IPHAN