Caçapava

Caçapava lies among the hills and grasslands of the southern Brazilian interior. A military camp grew at an older Charrúa settlement, and by 1777 the place was known as Paragem de Cassapava. In 1800 its inhabitants obtained a chaplaincy dedicated to Nossa Senhora da Assunção. The settlement stood in a contested borderland between Portuguese and Spanish spheres, where armies and ranching communities moved across the southern plains.