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  2. Museu da Inconfidência - Wikipedia

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    Museu da Inconfidência or Museum of the Inconfidência is a history museum dedicated to those who died in a failed rebellion movement Inconfidência Mineira for Brazilian independence from Portugal. It was established in 1938. It is located in Tiradentes Square in Ouro Preto in Minas Gerais in a former Jail. It was declared as a National ...

  3. Ouro Preto - Wikipedia

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    Ouro Preto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈo(w)ɾu ˈpɾetu], lit. ' Black Gold ' ), formerly Vila Rica ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvilɐ ˈʁikɐ] , lit. ' Rich Village ' ), is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais .

  4. Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Ouro Preto) - Wikipedia

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    The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Portuguese: Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo) is a Catholic church in the Brazilian city of Ouro Preto, and an important example of the Rococo tradition in Brazil. It is a listed monument by the National Institute Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN).

  5. Our Lady of the Pillar Mother Church (Ouro Preto) - Wikipedia

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    The Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar (Brazilian Portuguese: Basílica Menor Nossa Senhora do Pilar) in Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, popularly called the Our Lady of the Pillar Mother Church (Brazilian Portuguese: Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora do Pilar), is one of the best known Catholic buildings among those erected during the Brazilian Gold Rush. [1]

  6. Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of Black Men (Ouro Preto)

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    The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of Black Men (Portuguese: Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Homens Pretos), also known as the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, is a Catholic temple in Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Landmarked by IPHAN, it is one of the most original sacred buildings dating from the colonial period in Brazil.

  7. Seven Wonders of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais Natividade's urban complex: Natividade is 230 km from Palmas and has an architectural complex that was listed as a monument in 1987. [9] Natividade, Tocantins: São Paulo Cathedral: Located in the center of Brazil's largest city, the church is one of the five largest neo-Gothic temples in the world. It began to be built ...

  8. Brazilian Gold Rush - Wikipedia

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    The municipality of Ouro Preto became the most populous city of Latin America, counting on about 40 thousand people in 1730 and, decades after, 80 thousand. At that time, the population of New York was less than half of that number of inhabitants and the population of São Paulo did not surpass 8 thousand. [4]

  9. Aleijadinho - Wikipedia

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    There is already a museum specially dedicated to the preservation of his memory, the Aleijadinho Museum, founded in Ouro Preto in 1968, and his hometown regularly promotes "Aleijadinho Week", with meetings of researchers allied to popular celebrations, where he is the main theme. [116]