São Gonçalo Canal, near Pelotas

The Southeast is a region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in the South of Brazil.

Cities

• Arroio Grande
• Balneário Cassino
• Barra do Chuí
• Caçapava do Sul
• Canguçu
• Chuí
• Herval
• Jaguarão
• Pelotas
• Piratini
• Rio Grande - Oldest city in the state.
• São José do Norte
• São Lourenço do Sul

See

Our Lady of the Assumption church with a section of the Dom Pedro II Citadel wall in the foreground in Caçapava do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul.

• 1 Dom Pedro II Citadel in Caçapava do Sul (Forte de Dom Pedro II de Caçapava), Rua Dom Pedro II, Caçapava do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul (A small 20-minute detour south of the BR-290/BR-392 junction if you're driving from Porto Alegre to Uruguaiana or from Santa Maria to Pelotas.). A large, hexagonal 19th century citadel with projecting pentagonal bastions that sits in the middle of the city. Constructed 1848–1856.