Resende: City History, Art and Leisure

Resende combines memorials to the Second World War, railway history, art and historic architecture with urban open spaces. When planning a trip, you can use these themes to decide whether to focus on remembrance, architectural heritage, art or outdoor activities. The different sites offer specific points of interest to help you decide.

Memorials and Railway History

The Casa do Expedicionário, on Praça do Expedicionário, features a monument honouring the Second World War fighters. The house displays maps, books, postcards, medals and certificates. Its exhibits also include a hygiene kit and a survival kit used by soldiers. In this way, tributes to the fighters sit alongside a collection of documents and objects.

Resende railway station houses a permanent exhibition on the expansion of the railway in the Agulhas Negras region. Another historical perspective is offered by Ponte Nilo Peçanha, also known as Ponte Velha: it was inaugurated in April 1905 and built using a prefabricated metal structure imported from Belgium. The exhibition focuses on regional railway history, while the bridge highlights Resende’s architectural history.

Historic Buildings and Cultural Venues

Resende’s Historic Centre has 63 properties protected by the municipality. This number may change as entries in the municipal heritage inventory are revised. The Paço Municipal is also important for understanding the city’s architectural history: the building was constructed between 1834 and 1856 and is now the Casa da Cultura. The former Paço Municipal is used exclusively for cultural purposes and houses a historical archive, a music school and the Museu da Imagem e do Som.

The Museu de Arte Moderna de Resende offers another way to explore the city’s cultural focus. Its collection includes works by Tarsila do Amaral, Guignard, Segall, Ceschiatti, Carlos Scliar, Göeldi, Imberê Camargo, Alex Gama, Clécio Penedo and Santa Rosa. The display of individual works may change, for example for conservation reasons. Those particularly interested in art will find a distinct area of interest here alongside the historic buildings.

Open Spaces and Activities

A leisure complex in the heart of the city has a walking path, an outdoor gym, areas for roller skating and slacklining, a skateboard ramp, a sand court and a lake with ornamental fish. The facilities offer a variety of activities: walking, outdoor exercise and areas for roller skating, slacklining and skateboarding sit alongside the sand court and the lake.

Air sports, including scenic flights, are also highlighted as a special activity in the municipal seat of Resende. If you would like to include a scenic flight in your plans, check what is available in advance. This means that, alongside museums and historic buildings, leisure and air sports are also possible interests to consider when planning your trip.

When looking for hotels in Resende, you can start by deciding which of these themes matter most to your trip. This way, you can begin your search with your own priorities—such as art, city history or outdoor activities—rather than with a general idea of what a stay in Resende should involve.

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