Jenipapo monument
The battle remembered.
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Campo Maior is a city in northern Piauí, about 80 kilometres from Teresina, the state's seventh-largest town and the main town of the Carnaubais region, named after the carnaúba palms that cover its plains and yield wax. On 13 March 1823 its land saw the Battle of Jenipapo, the fiercest battle of Brazil's independence, when cattlemen, farmers and labourers armed with machetes and work tools faced the troops of Major Fidié, who was carrying out the Portuguese king's orders to keep northern Brazil under Portuguese rule. The locals lost the battle, but the Portuguese force lost part of its arms and withdrew, and the battle proved decisive for the country's unity. The battlefield is remembered by a monument on the road into town. Campo Maior lives from trade, farming, cattle and goat and sheep raising, and is known for its ceramics and building materials.
The battle remembered.
Wax palms.
A day trip.
Campo Maior, Carnaubais region, Piauí state
It helped force the Portuguese withdrawal and keep Brazil united.