At the Ponte de Ferro restaurant in Magé, patrons were listening to pagodinho music and drinking beers while eating fried fish with french fries. The writer was visiting the ruins of Brazil's first railroad, walking toward what remains of the pier that once served for coffee export. Access to the site is difficult, requiring visitors to hop across rocks on a polluted beach or follow a narrow dirt path through overgrown vegetation.
Magé preserves traces of the country's first railroad, with a replica of the first locomotive displayed at the Paco train station, currently covered with tarps. The city appears in the article's title precisely because of its historical importance, including the fact that star player Garrincha took his first steps there.
Irajá, a district of Magé, has a military fort and is described as a stronghold of faith, having almost become an independent city. The article also mentions the vastness of Rio de Janeiro and raises the question of which cities deserve to be promoted, suggesting that Magé and its historical treasures deserve more attention than they receive.
