With the tranquility of the countryside and the facilities of large cities, Poços de Caldas (MG) is one of the favorite destinations for tourists.
The origin of Poços de Caldas is attributed to the discovery of thermal waters and determines the formation of a village constituted for healing. In 1819, August Saint’Hilaire, a French naturalist, described in detail the site and the mineral waters of the Pardo River. The city located southwest of the state of Minas Gerais, on the border with the state of São Paulo, at an altitude of 1186m, is located in a volcanic caldera, surrounded by the Serra de São Domingos.
On the same date, the sesmaria was donated, in the parish of Nossa Senhora do Patrocínio de Caldas, granted by the Governor of the Captaincy of Minas Gerais, to Major Joaquim Bernardes da Costa Junqueira. In 1865, next to the Pedro Botelho fountain, the first spa worthy of the name was built, with first-class bathrooms and sulfur showers.
Subsequently, the sesmaria was increased by 40 bushels, on November 6, 1872, marking the city's anniversary. The first study for the implantation of the future Poços de Caldas took place in the second half of the 19th century, when the region was already known for its sulfur sources and for the influx of people who went to it with the objective of treating skin diseases. According to MEGALE (2002), the district of Poços de Caldas was called Nossa Senhora da Saúde das Águas de Caldas and in 1879 it was dismembered from the parish of São José dos Botelhos and was elevated to the category of parish belonging to the municipality of Caldas.
In 1891, the new judicial division of the State of Minas Gerais was established, the thirty-second table of the Counties was from Caldas, based in the city of the same name and composed of the municipalities of Caldas, Caracol (currently Andradas) and Poços de Caldas. . The region conducive to agriculture and dairy farming was responsible for economic and cultural enrichment. Regarding education, at the end of the 19th century, the city had classrooms for boys and girls with public and private education.
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