Cruzeiro (SP) is considered the capital of the Constitutionalist Revolution Disclosure/Municipality of Cruzeiro On the state holiday of July 9, the date that marks the beginning of the Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932, Cruzeiro, in the interior of São Paulo, remembers the central role it played in the conflict. Considered the capital of the Constitutionalist Revolution, the city was the scene of several clashes that resulted in hundreds of deaths. Despite having more than 300 km² of territorial area, it was on the railway tracks that cross the municipality that the battle intensified. According to professor and historian specializing in the 1932 Revolution, Carlos Felipe do Nascimento, the railway line was important for the distribution of equipment used by combatants at the time. “The railway line was very important because in Cruzeiro, for example, the station was the center for recruitment and distribution of equipment”, he said. ? Click here to follow the g1 channel Vale do Paraíba and the region on WhatsApp Soldiers of the 1932 Revolution in the Mantiqueira Tunnel, in Cruzeiro, SP Personal archive “People also went directly to the tunnel or to Queluz, because the armored train came to pass here in Cruzeiro, so people were more interested in the novelty in itself, of living that moment in the 1930s too, and thinking that there was some hope of bringing the Constitution back to Brazil”, recalled.
Revolution of 1932 and July 9th holiday: learn how the Paraíba Valley railways became strategic in battles
Cruzeiro (SP) is considered the capital of the Constitutionalist Revolution Disclosure/Municipality of Cruzeiro On the state holiday of July 9, the date that marks the beginning of the Constitutionalist Revolution of...
The Mantiqueira Tunnel was the place where many of the approximately 250 deaths in Cruzeiro occurred during the Revolution. It divides the states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. "Cruzeiro is the capital of the 1932 Revolution, mainly because the bloodiest battles took place here. As the tunnel was a passage between the two states, São Paulo and Minas Gerais, it gives the impression that it was a war between São Paulo and Minas, whereas it was a war between Brazil and the state of São Paulo." Cruzeiro gains memorial to the 1932 Revolution Officially, 943 people died in the Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932. The conflicts began on July 9th - a state holiday in São Paulo - and ended on October 2nd, when the constitutionalist troops surrendered. The Constitutionalist Revolution was an armed movement led by the state of São Paulo, which defended a new Constitution for Brazil and was against the authoritarianism of the Provisional Government of Getúlio Vargas. In addition to Cruzeiro, other sections of the Central do Brasil Railway that crossed the Paraíba Valley also had strategic importance during the Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932. The railway was used to transport troops, weapons, ammunition and supplies throughout the conflict. See more news from Vale do Paraíba and the Bragantina region
