The arrival in the new land
train, went to the town of Genoa, where they boarded in port with his destiny to 'America, as then Brazil was known.
After more than thirty-day journey to cross the Atlantic, came to the city of Rio de Janeiro, the capital of Brazil.
were installed, as usual, housing for immigrants on the island called Ilha das Flores, to accomplish the required period of forty. After this period are boarded in the Rio Negro steamboat assigned to the port of Paranaguá, the end point of this long journey, where they arrived October 14, 1890.
In the municipality of Paranaguá, Francesco Piazzetta, a skilled craftsman, practicing the ancient craft of the family, working in the construction of the wooden doors, windows, floors and furniture with carving. Her children were initiated in the same job.
With the end of the road iron Paranaguá - Curitiba, Francis Square with his son moved to this city, capital of the state of Paraná, put on the plateau, 990 meters above sea level where the climatic conditions are very similar with the home country in the Veneto. They set
residence in Cologne Agua Verde, today, an important district of Curitiba, where he was by now very large presence of the Venetians and their descendants.
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