Tampruns

The wooded country around Valença lay between the Paraíba do Sul and its tributaries, in territory inhabited by Coroado peoples. A colonial Indigenous settlement was established here in 1801 through contacts between local landholder José Rodrigues da Cruz and the Coroado. In 1803 Father Manoel Gomes Leal became their chaplain and built a chapel dedicated to Nossa Senhora da Glória de Valença. A larger settlement grew around the mission.