Discover Resende

Discover Resende through its culture, history and range of leisure experiences. The city combines a centre with municipally listed properties and cultural venues with activities such as air sports and leisure facilities. This gives you a choice when planning your trip between a stay with a stronger focus on cultural history and days centred on outdoor recreation or panoramic flights.

Culture and history in Resende

Casa do Expedicionário, on Praça do Expedicionário, features a monument honouring the Second World War combatants. The house displays maps, books, postcards, medals and diplomas. The exhibits also include a hygiene kit and a survival kit used by soldiers. These objects give the subject a personal and tangible dimension: alongside documents and mementoes, everyday items are also in focus.

Resende’s Centro Histórico has 63 municipally listed properties. If you are interested in a place’s historic character and how its architectural heritage is managed, this offers a distinct theme to explore during your stay. Another historic landmark is Ponte Nilo Peçanha, also known as Ponte Velha. It was inaugurated in April 1905 and built using a prefabricated metal structure imported from Belgium.

The Paço Municipal building was constructed between 1834 and 1856 and is now Casa da Cultura. The former Paço Municipal is used exclusively for cultural purposes and houses a historical archive, a music school and the Museu da Imagem e do Som. In this historic building, you can find a range of cultural institutions, from archives and music to image and sound.

Visual arts are also among the city’s cultural highlights. The collection at the Museu de Arte Moderna de Resende includes works by Tarsila do Amaral, Guignard, Segall, Ceschiatti, Carlos Scliar, Göeldi, Imberê Camargo, Alex Gama, Clécio Penedo and Santa Rosa. These artists give art lovers specific names to use as a guide when exploring the museum.

Resende’s railway station houses a permanent exhibition on the expansion of the railway in the Agulhas Negras region. It adds the development of rail transport in the region to the other historical themes. If you enjoy exploring history from different perspectives when travelling, you can consider the exhibition, Casa do Expedicionário and the cultural venues as distinct points of interest, rather than treating them as one place to visit.

Leisure, green spaces and panoramic views

A leisure facility in the heart of the city offers several ways to stay active and spend time outdoors. These include a walking path, an outdoor gym, an area for roller skating and slacklining, a skateboard ramp, a sand court and a lake with ornamental fish. Each of the different facilities offers something distinct. Whether you prefer walking, taking part in sports or exploring the various areas, you can include this place in your travel plans to suit your interests.

Another leisure facility is located on the Rio Paraíba. From there, you can enjoy a view of the Agulhas Negras massif. The facility includes children’s playgrounds, mineral water fountains, plenty of green space with native Atlantic Forest trees, palm trees and small gardens. Unlike the centrally located facility, this place is characterised by its riverside setting, views of the massif and the described green spaces. The two facilities therefore offer different reasons to spend time outdoors.

In the municipal seat of Resende, air sports, including panoramic flights, are also highlighted as a special activity. This appeals to travellers interested in seeing the area from above. The view of the Agulhas Negras massif from the leisure facility on the Rio Paraíba and the featured panoramic flights are two different aspects of a trip: one is part of a visit to the riverside, while the other is an air sport.

When choosing a holiday rental in Resende, you can first consider what you would like your holiday to focus on. Culture lovers will find a range of distinct themes, from art and railway history to mementoes from the Second World War. If you would like to spend more time being active and enjoying green spaces, you can explore the leisure facilities described here; for those interested in air sports, the featured panoramic flights are another consideration.

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