Rio das Flores (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁi.u dɐs ˈfloɾis]) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.

[2] Before the arrival of the first Portuguese settlers in the 16th century, the region was inhabited by the Purí people.

The region began to be colonized more intensively on the 19th century, during the “Coffee cycle”.

With the coffee plantation, the region began to become very prosperous, to the point that in 1882, a railway station was opened in Rio das Flores to serve the coffee farms.

In 1890, the district emancipated from city of Valencia, becoming the village of Santa Teresa.