Pindamonhangaba means “the place where it makes fishhooks” (in an indigenous language).
The very name brings us back to the early years of the conquest of inside our country.
The explorers came out walking from São Paulo, making stops on their way to Minas Gerais.
Landing, the region has evolved to the producer of cane sugar and brandy. Only in the coffee period it was that the city experienced great development. With the crash of the New York Stock Exchange in 1921, the coffee was replaced by rice, vegetables and dairy farming.
Today the city breathes the progress of rapid industrialization and architecture produced at the time of the coffee barons is tight among the department stores.
– (Data obtained from “ THE PATH OF FAITH guide “ for cyclists and walkers).