Mutũ

Mutum lies in the eastern interior of Minas Gerais, in the broad valley of the Rio Doce. Rocky heights including Pedra do Facão and Pedra do Gaspar rise above the surrounding hills. The forested country of the Doce basin was home to Indigenous peoples known to the Portuguese as Botocudos. Colonial incursions and the campaigns authorised against them in 1808 brought violent change to the region.