Support this channel to gain access to the following benefits: / @fazendasantigas FAZENDA TRÊS POÇOS Volta Redonda - RJ Considered one of the main icons of the “Coffee Cycle” period in the lands of Volta Redonda, the Três Poços farm, undoubtedly the most important of the properties local coffee trees and one of the most significant in the Fluminense Province. The land that gave rise to the Três Poços farm had as its first owner Mateus Pereira de Araujo e Oliveira, who acquired it in 1784. Around 1834 it was donated by José Gonçalves de Moraes to his son-in-law commander Lucas Antônio Monteiro de Barros, to marry with his daughter Cecília Gonçalves de Moraes. With the couple, the farm in 1860 experienced its most prosperous time, reaching a production of 22 thousand arrobas and 330 tons of coffee beans. Its headquarters were built in the 1840s and the Três Poços River runs through its lands. With the commander's departure in 1864, the widow D. Cecília de Moraes Monteiro de Barros, outliving her husband by 56 years, took over the property and gave it great momentum. From 1871 onwards, the farm was served by rail, and coffee was transported through Tres Poços Station, right in front of the main house. In 1908, D. Cecília, very religious and seeing that she could not continue running the business for long, went in search of legatees for her farm. Information about the “Trappist Monks of Tremembé”, their achievements in evangelization and pastoral activities, as well as the advent of advanced techniques in agriculture, made the monks the best option for the farm's inheritance. What D. Cecília did without even consulting them. At the time of their departure in 1918, 10 years after having registered their codicil, the Trappist Monks had already decided to close all units, as they realized the tendency to lead to the extinction of their monastery and their departure from Brazil, as in fact occurred. On D. Cecília's side, although her wills and codicils were duly legalized at a notary's office, after the death of the owner, the Trappists took over the property and opted for leasing, the entity chosen was the Benedictine Monks, the oldest cloistered Catholic religious order. monastic. The lease contract did not clearly establish how the farm could (or should) be used by the lessee; however, he tried to adjust the use of the property to D. Cecília's wishes as he created an Agricultural Orphanage in 1922. A newspaper clipping from 1923 informs the Rio de Janeiro community of the creation of the enterprise – Orfanato São Bento – located on the Farm, in Barra Mansa, where male inmates would be provided with primary education, practical instructions and agricultural techniques, and others. crafts. Along with this, the moral and spiritual side of the inmates would be taken care of. Exactly as the family matriarch had determined. It should be noted that Fazenda Três Poços, the basis of D. Cecília de Moraes Monteiro de Barros' accumulated fortune, always presented good results during her management, as evidenced by her inventory. Even so, this set of assets, to continue yielding profits, would have to be managed by people with technical knowledge and knowledge of rural activity, dealing with employees and the consumer market, aspects that, it seems, were no longer consistent with the work of the Beneditinos. , around 1929 and its activities closed. Through a letter from the legatee – which modified the contract that established the charitable use – support was given to “close” the orphanage and, as a continuous and consequential act, the farm could be used for any purpose, including as a business. While the aforementioned religious entities occupied Três Poços, a movement began in Volta Redonda, already emancipated from Barra Mansa on July 17, 1954, with a view to creating the University of Volta Redonda (one of the ideas at the time would be to create a regional university , to be maintained by a foundation, with resources from the municipality, which would become the Oswaldo Aranha Foundation, established on 10/18/1967). Source: @paulo_victor_fa ????CHECK OUT THE CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/c/FazendasAnt... ????Contacts, updates, news, tour schedule and much more: https://direct.me/fazendasantigas VIDEOS THAT YOU YOU CAN ENJOY HERE ON THE CHANNEL: GOLD is in the FURNITURE and in the CHAPEL of the FAZENDA (1791) - FAZENDA LOANDA • GOLD is in the FURNITURE and in the CHAPEL of the... A VERY RARE ORIGINAL SUGAR ENGINEERING IN ACTIVITY IN THE NORTHEAST • A VERY RARE ENGINEERING OF SUGAR ORIGINATING... THE FARM with 365 WINDOWS, the LARGEST in the AMERICAS • the FARM with 365 windows, the largest in... A PHOTOGRAPHER and a LEGACY for BRAZIL (MARC FERREZ) Photos of Slavery0 • A PHOTOGRAPHER and a LEGACY for BRASI... ????Our website: https://www.fazendasantigas.com ????SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL CORTES FAZENDAS ANTIGAS: / cortefazendasantigas