Ponta Grossa
Ponta Grossa is a Brazilian city, in the southern region of the country, in the state of Paraná. With a population of over 300,000 inhabitants, it is the 4th most populated city of Paraná.
The city is home town of the Parque Estadual da Vila Velha ("State Park of Old Town"), a park made up of rocky formations formed over millions of years.
Other attraction of the city is the Münchenfest - A National Stout Festival with national and international concerts that lasts a whole week and occurs at late November and the beginning of December.
Ponta Grossa Media
Landscape portrayed by Debret, in the back shows the old village in 1820. It is noted that the referred high hill surrounded by some forest ahead a vast region dominated by fields
Santa Bárbara Chapel, where the settlement would begin before the change of location
Saudade Railway Station opened in 1900 with neoclassical and art-nouveau architecture.
Cherry trees can survive in a subtropical climate, as shown in the example of Ponta Grossa.
NDVI applied to the urban area during a drought at the end of winter 2017
Barão do Rio Branco, central square more vegetated with remnants of Araucaria angustifolia
Sandstone of the Vila Velha Park, mystically known as the "City of Lost Stones", remembering an ancient city of ruins
Rio Pitangui, Paraná - Brasil.
São José Cemetery, where Barão de Guaraúna and Corina Portugal are buried
