Itajubá, Mountain municipality in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Itajubá sits in a valley along the Sapucaí River where streets spread between wooded hills of the Serra da Mantiqueira. Buildings extend from the riverbank to gentle slopes that frame the valley and give the town a green backdrop.
A priest led eighty families from a nearby settlement here in 1819 to found a new community by the river. The place grew over time into a regional center for education and industry and later received a technical university.
The federal university draws students from across the country and shapes the street life with bookshops and small cafés around the campus. On weekdays young people move between lectures through the center and bring shops and squares to life with their presence.
Roads connect the place with larger cities in the region and make day trips or longer stays easy to plan. The river and mountains offer landmarks that help with finding your way around the center and outlying areas.
A local factory produces military equipment and manufactures licensed rifles as well as combat knives for the Brazilian armed forces. Production has run for decades and makes the place one of the few civilian sites with this specialization in the country.
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