Candelária

municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Candelária is a town in the Central East of Rio Grande do Sul. It is part of the Paleorrota Geopark.

Botucaraí Ridge, in Candelária

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Get in

  • RS-287 (Dinosaur Highway) - east from Santa Maria or west from Novo Hamburgo
  • RS-400 from the north or RS-410 from the south

Get around

See

Aristides Carlos Rodrigues Museum
  • Aqueduct. 304-meter-long brick aqueduct built in 1862. 
  • 🌍 Aristides Carlos Rodrigues Museum (Museu Aristides Carlos Rodrigues), Av. Pereira Rego, 1000, ☏ +55 51 3743-8171. This museum has paleonotology and archeology exhibits of fossils and items found in the area, as well as an exhibit on German colonization of the town. 
  • Botucaraí Ridge (Santo Cerro). This mountain ridge, approximately 570 meters high, receives religious pilgrimages at Good Friday, Easter, and Christmas. 
  • Carlos Larger Beach (Praia Carlos Larger). Popular gathering spot during the summer months. 
  • Ferradura Falls (Cascata da Ferradura), Roncador. A secluded 52-meter waterfall on the Roncador Brook. 
  • 🌍 Imperial Bridge (Ponte do Império). Stone bridge on the Botucaraí Way, an important road during the Imperial Era. Built in 1879-1880. 

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