Coropo

The mountain country later known as Petrópolis lies on the route between Guanabara Bay and the interior of Minas Gerais. In the 1720s Bernardo Soares de Proença opened a shorter branch of the Caminho Novo across the Serra do Mar. Farms and lodging places grew along this road. In 1830 Emperor Pedro I acquired the Fazenda do Córrego Seco, hoping to establish a residence in the cool uplands.