[Sports, entertainment and health in Curitiba in the transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth centuries].

The present text discusses the relationships between stimulating sports and physical recreational experiences and health concerns promoted in the city of Curitiba between the final years of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century. The period is marked by the emergence of hobby artifacts and structures in the capital of Paraná state, which became associated with ideas of public health. Curitiba newspapers from the period were used as sources. It was possible to observe that sports and physical entertainment demonstrated harmony with the ideals of urban modernization and strengthening of health in favor of a robust nation.