The ruins
Abandoned village.
Karen Campbell Tyler-Williams — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Michele regina de oliveira silveira — CC BY-SA 3.0 · André Galdino Pontes Ferreira — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Karen Campbell Tyler-Williams — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Karen Campbell Tyler-Williams — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Raphael de Siqueira Ferreira — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lilian Florêncio Juvenal — CC BY-SA 3.0
Paraty-Mirim is a former village on Rio de Janeiro state's southern coast, about fifteen kilometres from Paraty town, once a significant port and an alternative to Paraty's for shipping gold and other trade. During the coffee boom it was a landing place for enslaved people, often illegally, bound for São Paulo's plantations. The village emptied in the 19th century. All that remains is a colonial house, a church and many ruins, listed by the national heritage institute. The village is protected by Paraty-Mirim State Park, created by decree on 29 November 1972 within the Cairuçu protected area, which takes in the beach, the river and an Indigenous reserve, on broad slopes thick with vegetation. Paraty-Mirim beach has calm water on a sheltered bay. It makes a day of history and sea away from the town crowds; check the dirt road after rain.
Abandoned village.
Sheltered bay.
By the beach.
About 15 km south of Paraty, Rio de Janeiro state
By road about 15 km south of Paraty, partly on dirt.