{"id":766,"date":"2010-02-22T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=737"},"modified":"2014-07-23T17:46:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T17:46:56","slug":"pico-do-jaragua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/pico-do-jaragua\/","title":{"rendered":"Pico do Jaragu\u00e1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was a gorgeous sunny day in S\u00e3o Paulo. \u00a0This hasn’t been the case recently, so my friend and I decided to take advantage of the beautiful day and do something outdoorsy. \u00a0We decided on the Pico do Jaragu\u00e1<\/em>, S\u00e3o Paulo’s city’s highest peak, since we’d never been and figured the view would be gorgeous.<\/p>\n

Lying at a far western point in one of the largest cities in the world, the 1,135 meter (3,724 feet)\u00a0peak certainly has nothing less than breathtaking views:<\/p>\n

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What’s even more fun is the peak’s history! \u00a0Apparently it was first “discovered,” in the late 16th century because there were gold mines in the mountain. \u00a0This gold was explored and extracted until there wasn’t anymore towards the end of the 19th century.<\/p>\n

At the peak, there are tons of satellite dishes which belong to media giants such as Globo and Bandeirantes. The mountain today also still has a Guarani<\/em> indigenous community living there right at the entrance to the park (on the way up to the peak), where the members of the community live off their art and craft work, and begging.<\/p>\n

Jaragu\u00e1 <\/em>is a\u00a0Guarani <\/em>name meaning, por onde a gente passou, <\/em>or “through where we have been.”<\/p>\n

Sources: visit to Jaragu\u00e1 and Pico do Jaragu\u00e1<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was a gorgeous sunny day in S\u00e3o Paulo. \u00a0This hasn’t been the case recently, so my friend and I decided to take advantage of the beautiful day and do something outdoorsy. \u00a0We decided on the Pico do Jaragu\u00e1, S\u00e3o Paulo’s city’s highest peak, since we’d never been and figured the view would be gorgeous…<\/p>\n

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