Brodowski, São Paulo

Brodowski on the map of São Paulo

Brodowski is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of São Paulo and is located 30 km from Ribeirão Preto.

History

The emergence of community Brodowski is due to Colonel Eneas Lúcio de Melo Fagundes, who left the railway company Companhia de Mogiana Estrada de Ferro for the project started in 1873 the route from Campinas to Moji -Mirim is a site for the construction of a train station. The station was named in honor of the former, the construction of senior Polish engineer Alexander Brodowski. Around the station developed a small town that developed the city Brodowski, the eventually on August 22, 1913 was awarded city rights by law.

Personalities

In Brodowski is the house where the painter Cândido Portinari famous Brazilian (1903-1962) was born on 29 December 1903. Here, the artist spent his childhood and youth. In the studio of the house, which you can visit, important works of the painter have emerged, such as the 21 oil paintings of the Igreja Matriz de Bom Jesus de Cana Verda (mother church in the neighborhood Batatais ).