Jaguari Record
A tax checkpoint on the banks of the Jaguari helps explain the territorial formation of the region.
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EXTREMA THEN & NOW • ONE CITY, MANY LAYERS
Step in slowly.
Step in slowly.
Time turns back here.
From the banks of the Jaguari River to downtown streets, from dances at the Literary Club to the arrival of the Fernão Dias Highway. A journey through places that changed — and stories that remain recognizable.
12stories in the album
12places and landmarks
9memories with photos
1764
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2026
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2026
HISTORY NOTEBOOK No. 01
Before avenues, industries and major events, there were paths, faith, farms, commerce and gatherings.
This page was designed as a municipal album in constant construction. The texts present milestones and places from Extrema’s history; old and current photographs are uploaded directly by the Department of Culture through the admin panel.
From frontier to municipality.
Key milestones to understand how the territory, settlement and city changed in scale.
Bairro da Extrema
The earliest known reference to residents of the “Bairro da Extrema”.
Santa Rita Chapel
Authorization for the chapel strengthens the settlement that would grow around faith and community life.
Parish
Santa Rita da Extrema is elevated to parish status.
Emancipation
On September 16, the municipality of Santa Rita da Extrema is born.
Literary Club
A century-long story of dances, gatherings and culture begins.
Extrema
The municipality officially adopts the name Extrema.
City
Extrema is elevated to city status.
Cine Extrema
Program records preserve the memory of cinema and local leisure.
Fernão Dias
The former BR-31 brings Extrema closer to major urban centers and changes its dynamics.
A new scale
Industry, urbanization and new roads accelerate changes in the landscape.
Duplicated highway
The duplication of BR-381 strengthens regional and economic connections.
125 years
A modern city that continues to recognize the marks left by those who came before.
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PLACE NOTEBOOKS
Going back in time also means recognizing a street corner.
Square, church, street, club, cinema, highway. Each place below tells a different part of Extrema’s formation without repeating the same story twice.
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1764
⌖ Banks of the Jaguari River
Jaguari Record: where the story begins
Before the city existed, the banks of the Jaguari were already a strategic place for passage, taxation and territorial disputes.
HISTORY
In 1764, Luís Diogo Lobo da Silva, governor of the Captaincy of Minas Gerais, ordered a tax checkpoint to be established on the banks of the Jaguari River. The measure sought to affirm Minas Gerais jurisdiction north of Morro do Lopo and control the routes used by people, goods and gold. This movement helps explain the formation of the territory that, decades later, would give rise to Extrema.
1764Extrema • Minas Gerais
ARC. 002Former Bairro da ExtremaHistorical photograph awaiting upload by the Department of CultureAdd through admin panel
1788
⌖ Former Bairro da Extrema
Bairro da Extrema: the name before the city
A baptism record from 1788 is the earliest known reference to residents of the “Bairro da Extrema”.
HISTORY
On December 26, 1788, a baptism record made at the parish church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição in Camanducaia mentioned parents living in the “Bairro da Extrema”. The document is one of the earliest clues to a population nucleus in the region and shows that the name Extrema was already in use long before municipal emancipation.
1788Extrema • Minas Gerais
1832
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Current image uploaded by the Department of Culture⌖ Downtown • present-day Sanctuary of Santa Rita
Santa Rita: the chapel that brought the village together
Authorization to build the chapel of Santa Rita de Cássia marked a new stage in the consolidation of the settlement.
HISTORY
In August 1832, the diocesan authority of the Diocese of São Paulo granted farmer José Alves permission to build a chapel dedicated to Santa Rita de Cássia. Around religious life and the church, the settlement gained new references for community life, identity and organization.
1832Extrema • Minas Gerais
1871 • early 20th century
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Current image uploaded by the Department of Culture⌖ Church Square • Downtown
The Church Square and the Parish of Santa Rita da Extrema
Around the parish church, homes, shops, celebrations and gatherings helped shape the urban nucleus of old Santa Rita da Extrema.
HISTORY
In 1871, Santa Rita da Extrema was elevated to parish status. Records from the early 20th century preserve images of the Parish Church, its square and the developing downtown area. More than a religious setting, the square became a place for gatherings, festivities and everyday life.
1871 • early 20th centuryExtrema • Minas Gerais
ARC. 005Historic downtownHistorical photograph awaiting upload by the Department of CultureAdd through admin panel
1901 • 1915 • 1925
⌖ Historic downtown
September 16: the municipality of Extrema is born
Political emancipation in 1901 opened a new chapter, followed by the name Extrema in 1915 and city status in 1925.
HISTORY
By State Law No. 319 of September 16, 1901, Santa Rita da Extrema achieved political and administrative emancipation. In 1915 the name was simplified to Extrema, and in 1925 the municipality was granted city status. These milestones help trace the transition from a rural and religious nucleus to a changing municipal center.
1901 • 1915 • 1925Extrema • Minas Gerais
1905 ↔ today
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Current image uploaded by the Department of Culture⌖ 201 Olegário Maciel St. • Downtown
Literary Club: dances, gatherings and generations
Founded in 1905, the Literary Club crossed generations as a stage for dances, celebrations, gatherings and cherished memories.
HISTORY
The Clube Literário Recreativo de Extrema was founded in 1905 and became one of the most symbolic spaces in the municipality’s social and cultural life. Photographs preserve dances from the 1960s and 1970s, while the building went through different phases and reconstructions. Revitalized and reopened in 2026, the venue continues to connect memory with new gatherings.
1905 ↔ todayExtrema • Minas Gerais
Early 20th century
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Current image uploaded by the Department of Culture⌖ João Mendes St. • Downtown
João Mendes Street: a window into the early 20th century
Today’s João Mendes Street appears in old records that reveal the scale, architecture and pace of a smaller Extrema.
HISTORY
The municipal historical collection preserves views of present-day João Mendes Street from the early 20th century. Comparing those records with the street today reveals how façades, sidewalks, traffic and downtown occupation changed as the city grew.
Early 20th centuryExtrema • Minas Gerais
1911 • 1930–1990 ↔ today
⌖ Presidente Vargas Square • Downtown
Presidente Vargas Square: the heart of the city
From the old church square to the plaza we know today, downtown remained a stage for faith, commerce, politics, celebrations and encounters.
HISTORY
Historical records show downtown Extrema and Presidente Vargas Square in different decades of the 20th century. The square followed changes in urban design, buildings and uses of the center without losing its role as a gathering place. It is also where many religious, civic and cultural events left marks on local memory.
1911 • 1930–1990 ↔ todayExtrema • Minas Gerais
1958
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Current image uploaded by the Department of Culture⌖ Downtown Extrema
Cine Extrema: when the city met the big screen
A 1958 Cine Extrema program poster records the presence of cinema in the cultural life of the city.
HISTORY
A surviving Cine Extrema program from 1958 reveals a city connected to the forms of entertainment that defined the period. The record tells not only the history of a movie theater, but also the leisure habits, gatherings and cultural repertoire of a generation of Extrema residents.
1958Extrema • Minas Gerais
1961 ↔ 2005
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Current image uploaded by the Department of Culture⌖ BR-381 • Fernão Dias Highway
Fernão Dias: the highway that brought Extrema closer to the country
Completion of the former BR-31 in 1961 changed Extrema’s relationship with the region; duplication of BR-381, completed in 2005, expanded that transformation.
HISTORY
The opening of the highway, now known as Fernão Dias, marked a turning point in the movement of people, goods and opportunities. Extrema became more intensely connected to major urban centers and, in the following decades, tourism, industry and services reached new scales. The highway is an essential part of Extrema’s contemporary history.
1961 ↔ 2005Extrema • Minas Gerais
1975 ↔ today
⌖ Bragança St. • Downtown
Bragança Street: a growing city seen from the same street
Comparisons between 1975 and recent times show how the same street can preserve the marks of urban growth.
HISTORY
Bragança Street is a good place to observe the transformation of the urban landscape: paving, buildings, traffic and commercial occupation changed profoundly, while the street layout and emotional landmarks still make the place recognizable. This memory was designed to receive an old and a current photograph side by side through the admin panel.
1975 ↔ todayExtrema • Minas Gerais
ARC. 012Olegário Maciel St. • DowntownHistorical photograph awaiting upload by the Department of CultureAdd through admin panel
1970s–1990s
⌖ Olegário Maciel St. • Downtown
Olegário Maciel: shops, homes and downtown memory
Olegário Maciel Street appears in downtown records and connects the history of homes, commerce and the Literary Club itself.
HISTORY
Records from the final decades of the 20th century help trace the transformation of Olegário Maciel Street. The road contains different layers of Extrema’s urban and social history, including the presence of the Literary Club, and allows visual comparisons between yesterday’s city and today’s landscape.
1970s–1990sExtrema • Minas Gerais
125years of emancipation in 2026
THE CITY KEEPS WRITING
Memory does not end with the old photograph.
It continues in celebrations, families, streets, shops, schools, music and in the stories carried by every person from Extrema. This archive can keep growing through the admin panel.
SHARED MEMORY
Do you have an old photograph of Extrema at home?
Family photographs, streets, schools, celebrations, shops, construction works and events help rebuild the everyday history of the municipality.
MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE(35) 3435-6066100 Presidente Vargas Square • DowntownSubmissions and publication are reviewed by the team responsible for the archive.