The São Romédio Community ( pt, Comunidade de São Romédio) is an historic neighbourhood in

Caxias do Sul Caxias do Sul (), is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil, situated in the state's mountainous Serra Gaúcha region. It was established by Italian immigrants on June 20, 1890. Today it is the second largest city in the state of Rio Gran ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

History

The community was founded in mid-1876 during the Italian colonization of the Rio Grande do Sul. (Some immigrants had already arrived at Caxias do Sul before 1876.) The majority of immigrants came from

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. Its church, named for

Saint Romedius Saint Romedius ( it, San Romedio; was a son of the Tyrolese count of Thaur in the Inn valley near Innsbruck). Though the son of a nobleman, as a young man he withdrew to a rock cave in order to meditate. After the death of his parents, he gave awa ...

, was an early point of reference for the settlers, and is still a point of aggregation and historical and cultural heritage of the Rio Grande do Sul. In 2016, the community celebrated the 140th anniversary of its founding and the local press gave great importance to the event, acknowledging its history.''São Romédio celebra 125 anos de fundação'', in ''Correio Riogradense'', 19 dicembre 2001

Gallery

Image:Pedra fundamental da comunidade de São Romédio em Caxias do Sul.jpg, Plate on cornerstone Image: Salão de festas da comunidade de São Romédio.jpg, The meetings and parties area Image:Escola de São Romédio.jpg, The first school Image:São Romédio 140 anos.jpg, April 20, 2016: bishop Ruffinoni celebrates the 140 years foundation

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{{DEFAULTSORT:São Romédio Community Culture in Rio Grande do Sul Caxias do Sul Populated places established in 1876 1876 establishments in Brazil