history


Paraty started around 1600. The first settlement was on the other side of the river where they erected a church to their patron “St. Roque”, where today we have the Morro do Forte.


Around 1640 the indians who used to live here were driven away and the town moved to were it stands now with another patron “Our Lady of Remedies”.


The real urbanization was only defined up to 1726, according to the military engineering patterns, with wider streets and low plants in shape of fan or half-moon.


Its really important to point out the Mansory influence in the paratiense engineer and architecture with their symbols printed to the houses, on the corner, where three wedges (columns) in cantaria (washed rocks) form a hipothenical Historical triangle, their symbol per excellence.


Paraty has been a National Historical site since 1966 and has been pleading for its recognition as a cultural Patrimony of the Humanity.