São José do Rio Preto, Country Style Capital

Known as the capital of the State of São Paulo's 8th regional administrative region, in Brazil, São José do Rio Preto, as it is also known, is proud to be the host of a number of country, cattle-breeding and agrobusiness events.


Monuments to honoring the "Brazilian Cowboy"


The artist-plastic Dionisio de Dhandréa prepares this week to deliver two Historical Monuments related to the movement of recognition and restoration of "Cowboy's Road", Which had started in Paranaiba-MS ended in Barretos-SP, this route has been a major driver of agricultural economy of the last century, when many cowboys anonymous or not, perished and a large number who perished were buried in work cemeteries added to the dirt road, after the cattle being killed in large fridge Barretos were then shipped for Santos, to be exported abroad. The monument or work of art carved in concrete four meters tall, has a picture of this hero, a cowboy with a hexagonal column with four meters tall and will be destinated for the Towns of Cosmorama-SP and Guapiaçu-SP.