Santa Rita do Passa Quatro is a climatic health resort since 1950.
In the history of some Brazilian cities, we can see the power and influence of large landowners, giving rise to cities and getting, as in this case, a railway link. The station of Santa Rita was a coming derivation of Porto Ferreira done by the farmers and had a diameter of 80 cm only.
Usually carried a mixed composition with cargo and passengers, no more than two cars with two rows of seats and a hall next door. They say the locomotive was so small it looked like a toy. The rails were torn and all this charm over.
Just left the station became a museum in honor of the composer Santa-Ritense, Zequinha de Abreu, who is the greatest exponent of the city. In THE PATHOF FAITH through path there is the waterfall of the three falls and the ruins of the former home of force that was the first hydroelectric of the city.
– (Data obtained from “ THE PATH OF FAITH guide “ for cyclists and walkers).