Sâo José do Calçado

José Calçado lies in the uplands of southern Espírito Santo, near the Serra do Jaspe. The Calçado River rises from streams in this hilly country and flows toward the Itabapoana, a river reaching the Atlantic coast. Its rocky banks gave the river and the later settlement their name, recalling a paved surface. Forested hills and narrow watercourses distinguish this inland landscape from the lowlands nearer the sea.