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Municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Candelária is a town in the Central East of Rio Grande do Sul. It is part of the Paleorrota Geopark.
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304-meter-long brick aqueduct built in 1862.
Museu Aristides Carlos Rodrigues
This museum has paleonotology and archeology exhibits of fossils and items found in the area, as well as an exhibit on German colonization of the town.
Santo Cerro
This mountain ridge, approximately 570 meters high, receives religious pilgrimages at Good Friday, Easter, and Christmas.
Praia Carlos Larger
Popular gathering spot during the summer months.
Cascata da Ferradura
A secluded 52-meter waterfall on the Roncador Brook.
Ponte do Império
Stone bridge on the Botucaraí Way, an important road during the Imperial Era. Built in 1879-1880.
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