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Resende lies in the valley of the Paraíba do Sul, beneath the mountains of the Mantiqueira. In the eighteenth century the settlement was known as Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Campo Alegre da Paraíba Nova. A chapel dedicated to the Immaculate Conception served the growing community. In 1801 the settlement became Vila de Resende, named for the Count of Resende, a former viceroy of Brazil.