History
Ponta Grossa was founded in 1822, being created in 1823 the "Star Town", its first denomination. On April 1855, the town became a city, being separated from Castro and named Ponta Grossa.
The city in its beginning, in the seventeenth century, was oriented by the geographic location and being a route and stop for the sleeping of "troops", transport of resources and trade between the cities of Viamão (on southern Brazil) and Sorocaba (on center-east). Nowadays, Ponta Grossa has the biggest road and rail complex of the south region of the country.
The city already was the second biggest city in the Paraná State (by early 1900) and was the state capital for five days during Guerra dos Farrapos (Farrapos War).
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