Quissama

an architectural trip into the past and the Jurubatiba national park , South America's oldest sugarcane factory, open 1877 , stands as well as many old manorhouses, that testify to a rich colonial time.

.-some buildings was renovated and shapes the cityscape today. , One you can visit today:The old Sobradinho, (built 1877) the building was dressed again from the city 2005 in his old condition (orginal) and was furnished as culture house today. An elevator is the only modern time indoors.

The Museu Casa Quissamã - the house was built by Visconde de Araruama in 1826, the Imperador D. Pedro of II was here sometimes to visit . The house opened at the 12. June 2006 as museum . Century old palms shapes the picture of the region.

Mandiqüera - building between 1879 and 1875, Bento Carneiro Silva, the Conde of Araruama, was lodged there. It was one of the most luxory buildings of the rural population in the state of Rio de Janeiros,

Fazenda São Manuel Silva, the son of the Conde de Araruama and one of the first Agronome of the country was bulding in 1886 from Manuel Pinto Carneiro. The imponente style of the house was inspired by the style of Mandiquera.

Fazenda Santa Francisca - 1852 build from the Baron de Vila Franca and the farm was called with the name of his wife Francisca Antônia Velasco Carneiro, In the garden you find a lot of century old trees.

the Fazenda Machadinha builds from 2º Visconde Uruquay in 1867,is today a ruin, but you can see the Senzalas, 47 at the number,where lived the slaves , and today the descendants of the slaves got their uses . One can be able to tell the old slave dances - the Jongo - by holidays or prior registration you can eat orginelle courts to it - the Fazenda even is a ruin, that should be built again from the city.

José Carlo's culture house de Barcellos informed of the history of Quissama

The Jurubatiba national park with its 14.860 ha and 18 seas knows a rich flora and fauna on. He stretches 45 km along the Atlantic ocean as far as after Macaé for itself,