Cachoeiro de Itapemirim

Cachoeiro de Itapemirim is a municipality and major town in the south of Espírito Santo, Brazil, on the banks of the Itapemirim River, about 138 kilometres south of the state capital Vitória. It is the economic hub of southern Espírito Santo and the most important producer of marble and granite in Brazil. The town grew up beside a waterfall that blocked river travel, which made it a stop for gold prospectors heading to Minas Gerais. Its first commercial establishment opened in 1853, the railway to Rio de Janeiro was completed in 1900 and the line to Vitória in 1911. The 2022 census counted 185,786 residents. Its nickname is the secret capital of the world, and the singer Roberto Carlos and the writer Rubem Braga were born there.