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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.
The first sacred buildings of any importance in Brazil were erected in the second half of the 16th century. Their construction was justified with the development of some populated settlement, as in the cases of Olinda and Salvador. The simplest ones used the wattle and daub technique and covered by palm fronds. Catholic missionaries were ...
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The Museum of Sacred Art of São Cristóvão (Portuguese: Museu de Arte Sacra de São Cristóvão) is located in a wing of the Third Order Church. It was opened in 1974 under an agreement between the Archdiocese of Aracaju, the Federal University of Sergipe, and the state government of Sergipe. The museum consists of sacred art both from ...
They built sacred and secular buildings, including houses and forts in Brazilian cities and the countryside. They founded Recife, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador in the colonial period; these cities saw the best expression of Brazilian architecture. [2] [1] Buildings of this period were distinct because they followed similar rules such as ...
Latin America portal; Brazil portal; Catholicism portal; Architecture portal; The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady Assumption and Saint Paul [1] (Portuguese: Catedral Metropolitana de Nossa Senhora da Assunção e São Paulo), also known as the See Cathedral (Portuguese: Catedral da Sé), is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil.
View of the Cathedral in 1858. The Jesuits arrived in the city in the 1549 and planned a Jesuit college under Father Manuel da Nóbrega (1517-1570). The Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, the first in the Portuguese colony of Brazil, was created in 1551, only two years after the founding of Salvador by the Portuguese nobleman Tomé de Sousa.
Pages in category "Lists of religious buildings and structures in Brazil" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .