Itapemirim

Itapemirim lies on the river of the same name in southern Espírito Santo, near the Atlantic coast. Settlers arriving from Bahia established themselves along the lower river in the early eighteenth century. The community took the name Nossa Senhora do Patrocínio before being raised to a town as Itapemirim in 1815. The river’s name, also given to the settlement, recalls the Indigenous language of the region.