Valinhos
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Valinhos is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the birthplace of Adoniran Barbosa. Valinhos is famous for its purple fig, the theme of its annual Fig Fest. It is part of the Metro
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Port of Santos
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The Port of Santos is in the city of Santos, state of São Paulo, Brazil. As of 2024, it was the second busiest container port in Latin America. In 2022, it was considered the 40th largest port in the
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…foundation of the town in the 19th century was the production of coffee, figs and grapes. Later on, a railway was created to transport the products to the Port of Santos. Since the fig has been a town's symbol, the city counsel organizes the Festa do Figo (a traditional Fig Fest, attended by more than 75,000 people…
Aerial view of Port of Santos
Coffee transportation at the port in 1895
The port in 1889, as painted by Benedito Calixto.
The Port of Santos in the 1900s