just 90 kilometers from rio de janeiro, teresópolis is a calm, quiet town home to small shops, simple roads, and surrounded by lush greenery - located in the regiăo serrana, the mountainous region of rio de janeiro state.
while the nearby petrópolis was named after dom pedro ii, teresópolis was named after his wife, teresa cristina, or at least the combination of her name, teresa and polis, the greek word for city - born in naples, a city that is today part of italy, empress teresa cristina was highly regarded for her general culture and knowledge of archaeology, the arts, religion, and music.
until the eighteenth century, the region was inhabited by indios, runaway slaves, and by colonialists trading with rio and nearby minas gerais - from the nineteenth century, the city became populated by the european owners of farms and plantations of the region.
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