Mococa, São Paulo, Southeast Region, Brazil

Foundation | Coffee | Development and Immigration | Crisis and Decline | Post-War | Tourist Industry | Historical and Cultural | Rural and Ecological Tourism

🇧🇷 Mococa is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The elevation is 645 m. The local government is made up of a mayor (in Brazil, Prefeito) and a municipal council (in Brazil, Câmara Municipal.)

The municipality is formed by the headquarters and the districts of Igaraí and São Benedito das Areias.

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Foundation The history of Mococa begins during the first half of the nineteenth century, when wanderers from Minas Gerais, especially from Aiuruoca and other neighboring municipalities, knowing the high fertility of the soil in the region, begin the exploration of the large local virgin forests and start the first occupations. Generating, subsequently, large properties for the cultivation of coffee and using African enslaved labor in the process.

As the main founders, Gabriel Garcia de Figueiredo, the "Barão de Monte Santo" and Venerando Ribeiro da Silva stand out, responsible for the urban layout of the streets and squares of the emerging municipality.

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Coffee At the heart of the imperial period, the village, until then known as São Sebastião da Boa Vista, the original name of Mococa, is elevated to the condition of a chapel cured in 1841. A few years later, in 1846, the first coffee crop is implanted, thus generating occupation and urban and rural development.

The first church of Mococa, later known as Matriz Velha, was also built in 1846, dedicated to São Sebastião, the patron saint of the city. Due to its rusticity, it ends up losing relevance during the end of the 19th century. In this way, a commission is set up including names of the high political and economic rank of Mococa, including the Baron of Monte Santo, for the inauguration of a new Matrix, a fact that occurred in 1896.

The old headquarters church was demolished in 1919, given its precarious conditions. Being rebuilt in 1921, with an eclectic architectural style, on the initiative of Iria Josepha da Silva and her husband, Francisco Figueiredo. Having its architecture designed by the renowned Italian architect Gherardo Bozzani.

In 1857, it became considered a parish. In 1871, it became a village and in 1875, on the initiative of Gabriel Garcia de Figueiredo with the imperial government, it was officially considered a city.

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Development and Immigration After 1888, the date of the abolition of slavery, it became necessary to replace the slave labor. The city then began to receive a mass of immigrants, in its overwhelming majority Italians (about 10,000) and, to a lesser extent, Germans, Austrians, Spaniards, Portuguese and Lebanese.

Propulsion of economic development and immigration, the cycle started in 1890 ended with the last Mogiana train in 1966.

From the 1890s, Mococa went through its golden period, with the wealth generated by coffee producers providing great advances for the city, such as the construction of Matriz Nova, the church of São Sebastião and the beginning of the operations of the Mogiana Railway Company, responsible for discharling coffee production to the foreign market and for the arrival of the thousands of immigrants that Mococa would receive, The last train of the Mocoquense station left in 1966.

As a result, there was a cultural and cosmopolitan fusion in the middle of the "sertão do pardo", a period known as the "belle époque caipira", qualifying Mococa as one of the cities producing the best coffee in Brazil. The civilizing flora of coffee made the coffee growers of the city part of the Brazilian social elite.

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Crisis and Decline However, between 1914 and 1918, the period of World War I, the disorganization of international trade occurred, disrupting the coffee economy due to the retraction of consumer markets. Crisis that would be accentuated with the Crash of the New York Stock Exchange in 1929.

From this period, farmers began to invest in dairy cattle breeding. In 1932, the city was one of the fronts of the constitutionalist Revolution in the conflict between Minas Gerais and São Paulo.

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Post-War In 1959, Cine Mococa was inaugurated, one of the most traditional cinemas in the region, keeping its period architecture intact.

Three years later, in April 1963, Mococa was attended by the president of the republic, João Goulart. Where he inaugurated the Municipal Market, the well-known Mercadão, next to his former minister of agriculture, the Mocoquense Renato Costa Lima.

During the lead years, there were some cases where the repression of the dictatorship acted, such as in the prison of Milton Gagliardi, a communist militant of the time, who had been transferred to Cajuru. Having been released some time later.

Relevant is also the presence of Carlos Lamarca (captain of the Army at the time, known for deserting it and joining the armed fight), in 1967, in the War Shooting 02-022, to carry out one of the many technical inspections that the TG passed. At that time, his revolutionary ideals were already beginning to emerge.

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Tourist Industry Mococa, a historic city endowed with rich historical and cultural heritage, events of recognition at the national level and great ecological potential, is part of the Caminhos da Mogiana tourist region and has five main segments of tourism, these being: cultural, rural, ecotourism, events and religious tourism.

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Historical and Cultural Historic Center: counting on numerous well-preserved historical mansions from the golden period of the coffee cycle, from the 1890s to the 1920s. In addition to the imposing Mother Church of São Sebastião, from 1896, the central bandstand of the square, which receives the presentation, on Sundays, of the traditional Mocoquense Philharmonic, founded in 1892. As well as the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary and the sculptures 'The Woman of Mococa' and 'The Founders', both by the renowned Mocoquense sculptor Bruno Giorgi.

Cinema and Theater: the old Cine Theatro Central, today Teatro Municipal, was the original cinema of the municipality, with its last film shown in the late 1970s. The Cine Mococa, also traditional, founded in 1959, has one of the largest projection screens in Brazil and replaced the old Cine Theatro, becoming predominant in Mococa. Possessing striking architecture, characteristic of classic cinemas of the 50s and 60s. In addition to internal paintings in the main room of the Mocoquense artist and historian Carlos Alberto Paladini

Casa de Cultura Rogério Cardoso: founded in 2010, in the old building, dated 1929, of the Italian Society Doppo Lavoro and, later, state school Francisco Garcia, the House of Culture bears the name of one of the most renowned and well-known Mocoquenses: the actor and comedian Rogério Cardoso. Having several collections and exhibitions, rotating and permanent, as well as several classes, workshops and lectures open to the public.

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Rural and Ecological Tourism Being one of the most prominent segments in the municipality. It has dozens of historical farms, whose varied style and architecture of its mansions preserve the history and memory of the colonels of the coffee cycle, founders of Mococa. Currently, the farms open to rural tourism, and their main activities developed are: • Buracão Farm: leisure, recreation and environmental education. • Fazenda Nova: horseback riding and horseback riding. • Prata Farm: holiday camp and children's leisure. • Santo Antônio da Água Limpa Farm: rural experience and immersion. • Fortaleza Environmental Farm: Agroecological Internship and experiences Offering lodging, typical food of Minas Gerais gastronomy and various attractions such as: Historical and ecological trails, waterfalls, horseback riding and carriage, as well as boating and kayaking, as well as zip line and varied recreations.

São Sebastião Ecological Park: located near the centre, the park has several trails suitable for children, young people and adults. In addition to drinking water mines coming directly from the water table. Also having extensive biodiversity in regional fauna and flora. The visits are accompanied by a specialized guide. Therefore, prior scheduling is required.

Cachoeira do Itambé and Mirante das Areias: with a fall of 84 meters high, it is one of the largest waterfalls in the entire state of São Paulo. The Mirante, with 1270 meters of altitude, has a 180-degree view, and it is possible to observe several cities in the region. In addition to having free access and adapted parking. Both are located on a plateau, with preserved forests, on the border between the Mocoque district of São Benedito das Areias and the municipality of Cássia dos Coqueiros.

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Mococa has a population of over 68,980 people. Mococa also forms one of the centres of the wider Ribeirão Preto Region which has a population of over 1,178,910 people. It is also a part of the larger São Paulo state.

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