CACHAÇA
MUSEUM
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With more than a century and a half of
existence, Ypióca is the alive history
of the industry of Cachaça in Ceará.
Ypióca has inaugurated, with a great
celebration, the most complete museum of Cachaça
in the world, located in the first industrial
unit of Ypióca, in Maranguape, distant
only 25 kilometers
of Fortaleza.
José Leite, manager of the Maranguape
unit for 52 years, opens us the doors of a
spectacular world, with mills and old machines,
including the first
tractor imported by private company in
Ceará, in the decade of 30.
The visitors can already admire the largest
wood barrel of the world, with capacity
for 374 thousand liters.
Nevertheless the main relic of the whole compound
is the Big
House, built in colonial style in 1846.
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And the most important: all this valuable historical-cultural
collection is already part of regular visits of schools
of neighboring municipal districts and of tourists,
national and international, groups that compare the
Museum of the Mill to the natural beauties of Ceará.
For Ypióca, to preserve the history is as important
as to contribute for the preservation
of the environment.
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