Avenue President Vargas

For: Larcio Becker, of Curitiba-PR Morales of los Rivers Son informs that the industry of roofing tiles and first bricks was one of a if to establish in Rio De Janeiro. Before this, the first roofing tiles of Rio De Janeiro, used in the sentry boxes of the bastion of the Old Village, had come of Are Vicente. After that, the inhabitants had started to use to advantage the satiated existing raw material in the region. First in the edges throughout the Carioca river. Later in the river Catumbi, the island of the Governor, the barrier of the franciscanos, the lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas, the Topsail etc. Brazil Gerson he defends that the pottery that gave to name to the station age of property of Antonio Gonalves Rome, father of general Aparcio Gonalves Rome. However, other sources indicate another origin.

He consists that, for 1820 return, Francisco Jose Pear tree I water bought lands that went of the Way of the Matrix (currently, streets Diomedes Trota the Itarar) until the immediacy of the Church of the Penha. There, it and its wife, Clear D., if dedicated to agriculture and the cattle one, until they had decided, with aid of children Antonio, Joo and Joaquin, to use to advantage the red adobe and the rocks of good quality to install two potteries: a ware producer, another one of roofing tiles. Therefore, the region was known as of potteries. some streets of the quarter had gained the name of members of the family. Up to 1892, it only had an official abatedouro in Rio De Janeiro, that was in Santa Cruz. The meat came for train (of EF D. Peter II) until the Cold storage room Is Diogo, that was where today it is the Avenue President Vargas. It was then that the trader Custdio Nunes got of the city hall the permission to abate cattle for its aougue.