Pinheiral

Pinheiral is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 25,364 and its area is.

History

The city was named after the São José do Pinheiro coffee plantation, owned by the very rich planter and slave trader José de Souza Breves. This estate, on which about 500 slaves used to work, was "one of the most opulent in Brazil". Nowadays, the descendants of slave plan to transform the Park of the Ruins, only vestige of the plantation and its palace, into a memory centre, including a museum and school of jongo.