Paricatuba Ruins
Located on the banks of the Negro River in the Amazon, currently in ruins, the Vila de Paricatuba derives its name from "paricás", a hallucinogenic herb used in indigenous rituals in the Amazon.
The site was built by the Government of the State of Amazonas in 1898 to serve as a guesthouse for Italian immigrants who made the extraction of latex (rubber) in the Amazon and was later abandoned.
From 1905 to 1914, the Instituto Dr. Afonso Pena, Lyceum of Arts and Crafts, agricultural school and later School of Crafts for poor children.
In 1916, the building was transformed into a prison and, later deactivated, in the period from 1920 to 1962, it began to receive people with leprosy as a Leprosarium, having been deactivated at the end of that period with the transfer of lepers..
Currently the ruins are available for visiting tourists.
