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Morretes

Field	Value
name	Morretes
settlement_type	Municipality
official_name	Municipality of Morretes
motto	A Cidade da Gente
(Our City; The People's City)
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image2	Praça Dr. Leonardo de Bona - Morretes-PR - panoramio.jpg
image3	Morretes PR - panoramio (4).jpg
image4	IGREJA NOSSA SENHORA DO PORTO - panoramio.jpg
image5	Church in Porto de Cima, Morretes, Paraná - panoramio.jpg
image6	Trem da Serra do Mar (12078530324).jpg
image7	Panorama Morretes Nhundiaquara.jpg
image_flag	Bandeira de Morretes - PR.svg
image_seal	Brasão de Morretes - PR.svg
image_map	Parana Municip Morretes.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Morretes in Paraná
pushpin_map	Brazil
pushpin_mapsize	250
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Morretes in Brazil
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name	Brazil
subdivision_name1	South
subdivision_name2	Paraná
subdivision_type3	Mesoregion
subdivision_name3	Curitiba (metropolitan)
subdivision_type4	Microregion
subdivision_name4	Paranaguá
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Junior Brindarolli (2021 – 2024)
leader_party	PSD
leader_title1
established_title	Founded
established_date
founder	Rafael Pires Pardinho
established_title2
established_title3
area_total_km2	648.580
population_as_of	2020
population_footnotes
population_total	16,446
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	BRT
utc_offset	−3
coordinates
blank_name	HDI (2010)
blank_info	0.686 – medium{{Cite web	title=Archived copy	url=http://www.pnud.org.br/arquivos/ranking-idhm-2010.pdf	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233352/http://www.pnud.org.br/arquivos/ranking-idhm-2010.pdf	archive-date=July 8, 2014	access-date=August 1, 2013	publisher=United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
website

(Our City; The People's City) Morretes is a small historic city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. It has a population of around 16,000 people. It is famous for its restaurants, especially a traditional dish called barreado. It is also the home of many historical monuments.

History

Etymology

The name "Morretes" is a geographical reference to the morros (Portuguese for "hills") that surround the city.

Geography

Morretes can be reached by road or by taking the historical Serra Verde Express train from Curitiba, or the touristic Paranagua-Curitiba Railway.

Main sights

Overview

Saint Benedict's Church (Igreja de São Benedito): There are a lot of attractions in Morretes. One of them is the Saint Benedict's Church. In 1760, the Brotherhood of Saint Benedict was founded in Morretes. Between 1865 and 1895 the chapel and the cemetery were built, not without some difficulty, as the region was going through a period of economic decadence. Its architecture is composed of the simplest edified scheme of the religious tradition: nave, bell-tower and main chapel. Inside there are many images from different times, including one of the patron saint, the "glorious St. Benedict".

Old Bridge (Ponte Velha): A steel bridge over the Nhundiaquara river that gives access to restaurants like Madalozo. Pedestrians share space with cars, considering that there is just one lane.

Touristic Train (Trem Turístico): Leaving Curitiba for Paranaguá, it passes through and stopping in Morretes. The train, which travels around 74 km between both Paraná's cities, consists of 18 wagons divided in three classes: economic, touristic and executive.

Marumbi Peak (Pico do Marumbi): Located in Paraná’s sea mountain, the state park of Marumbi remains covered in natural Brazilian Atlantic forest vegetation. Activities such as waterfall bathing, trail walking and climbing are done in this place.

Flower Street (Rua das Flores): The main street of Morretes, a boardwalk on the banks of the Nhundiaquara river with historic mansions such as the house where D. Pedro II slept, Marco Zero, fountain, restaurants and the city's first telegraph.

Conservation units

The municipality contains:

8745 ha Pico do Marumbi State Park, created in 1990{{citation|publisher=State of Paraná|date=2 October 2007|language=pt
1190 ha Graciosa State Park, created in 1990{{citation|ref=|language=pt
6% of the 199587 ha Guaratuba Environmental Protection Area, created in 1992{{citation|ref=|language=pt
61% of the 2699 ha Roberto Ribas Lange State Park, created in 1994{{citation|ref=|language=pt
906 ha Pau Oco State Park, created in 1994{{citation|date=21 November 1994|publisher=State of Paraná
About 19% of the 49287 ha Guaricana National Park, created in 2014 to protect a mountainous area of Atlantic Forest

References

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References

[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/pr/morretes/panorama IBGE 2020]

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