Serra Da Barriga
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Serra da Barriga is a mountain range located in the municipality of
União dos Palmares União dos Palmares is a municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it ...
, in the Brazilian state of
Alagoas Alagoas () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is ...
. It is best known for being the location of a fortified settlement known as
Cerca do Macaco Cerca do Macaco, also called "Cerca Real dos Macacos" or just "Macaco", was an historical settlement located on the peak of the Serra da Barriga in the state of Alagoas, Brazil. It was the main settlement of the Palmares (quilombo), Palmares, an ...
under the control of the Palmares, an established group of fugitives and escaped slaves. At the time of the Palmares, it was a part of the state of
Pernambuco Pernambuco ( , , ) is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.5 million people as of 2024, it is the List of Brazilian states by population, ...
. The final assault on the mountain occurred in January 1694, and was led by the Portuguese
Bandeirante ''Bandeirantes'' (; ; singular: ''bandeirante'') were settlers in colonial Brazil who participated in expeditions to expand the colony's borders and subjugate indigenous peoples during the early modern period. They played a major role in exp ...
Domingos Jorge Velho Domingos Jorge Velho (c. 1641–1705) was a Portuguese bandeirante. He was born in Santana de Parnaíba, captaincy of São Paulo, to Francisco Jorge Velho and Francisca Gonçalves de Camargo. He was responsible for the repression of severa ...
. The mountain was listed in the
National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage The National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute (, IPHAN) is a heritage register of the federal government of Brazil. It is responsible for the preservation of buildings, monuments, structures, objects and sites, as well as the register an ...
(IPHAN) in 1986. The Serra da Barriga is part of the Southern
Borborema Plateau The Borborema Plateau ( Portuguese ''Planalto da Borborema'', also known as the ''Serra da Borborema'') is a plateau in northeastern Brazil which extends across the states of Pernambuco, Paraíba, and Rio Grande do Norte. The plateau is the northea ...
, a geomorphological unit with a hot and humid climate. The area occupied by the Serra da Barriga is the starting point of the Açucena creek, a tributary which flows to the
Mundaú Mundaú is a village in the municipality of Trairi in the state of Ceará. It is located 130 or so kilometres from the state capital Fortaleza. Nature Most of Mundaú's original vegetation is still intact. The east and south of the village cont ...
valley. It flows to the north of the mountain, and reaches 8.6 km in length.


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{{Reflist Landforms of Alagoas National heritage sites of Alagoas