The hidden Petropolis Modernism

Abstract

To which extent labels can be beneficial or detrimental to the identity of a place? When we define a label for something, whether a city, an object, a person, we tend to limit our understanding of this entity considering what the label tells us. So is Petrópolis, city in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro, distant around 70km from the capital of the state. Created by Imperial Decree No. 155 of March 16th, 1843, was born by the direct will Emperor Dom Pedro II, with the help of Major Engineer Julius Frederick Koeler, transforming the Córrego Seco Farm in one of the first planned cities in Brazil.