Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 .
Ouro Preto is a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization World Heritage Site and cited as an example of baroque architecture. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] This well-preserved colonial Portuguese architecture, including that of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi and the artwork inside of the church, are examples of the baroque revival ...
The gold rush opened up the major gold-producing area of Ouro Preto (Portuguese for black gold), then known as Vila Rica. [1] Eventually, the Brazilian Gold Rush created the world's longest gold rush period and the largest gold mines in South America. The rush began when bandeirantes discovered large gold deposits in the mountains of Minas ...
Area view of the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and surroundings. Side view. The building's project was the last to be done by Manuel Francisco Lisboa, but later the layout would be changed several times, and it is speculated that Aleijadinho, the designer's son, may have participated in these modifications, which gave the original plan typical Rococo features.
Although there is a great distance between the heavy proportions and dismal composition of São Pedro in Rio de Janeiro and the harmonious maturity of Nossa Senhora do Rosário in Ouro Preto, stylistically these two churches, along with São Pedro dos Clérigos in Mariana, constitute an isolated Baroque episode in the history of architecture in ...
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 ...
The ensuing gold rush led to the construction of the "Caminho do Ouro" or "Gold Trail", a 1200 kilometer road, paved in steep areas with large stones, which connected Paraty to Diamantina via Ouro Preto and Tiradentes. Not only was it used to transport gold to Paraty, but it was also used to convey supplies, miners and African slaves by mule ...
The War of the Emboabas (Portuguese: Guerra dos Emboabas, lit. 'newcomers' war') was a conflict in colonial Brazil waged in 1706-1707 and 1708-1709 over newly discovered gold fields, which had set off a rush to the region between two generations of Portuguese settlers in the viceroyalty of Brazil - then the Captaincy of São Vicente.