Kapi'war'y

Kapi'war'y lies in the São João River basin, east of Rio de Janeiro, where the Capivari and Bacaxá waterways descend from the Serra das Imbaúbas. Colonial settlement spread along the rivers, reaching Capivari during the eighteenth century. In 1801 its inhabitants sought their own parish after the chapel serving the area was transferred towards the mouth of the São João. The parish of Nossa Senhora da Lapa de Capivari was created that year.