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  2. Ouro Verde de Minas - Wikipedia

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    Ouro Verde de Minas is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was estimated to be 5,914 people living in a total area of 174 km 2 . [ 1 ]

  3. Ouro Preto - Wikipedia

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    In 1876, the Escola de Minas (Mines School) was created. This school established the technological foundation for several of the mineral discoveries in Brazil. Ouro Preto was the capital of Minas Gerais from 1720 until 1897, when the needs of government outgrew this town in the valley.

  4. Brazilian Gold Rush - Wikipedia

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    The discoverers were Pascoal Moreira Cabral Leme and Antonio Pires de Campos. Miguel Sutil found half an arroba of gold in one day near the present town of Cuiabá. The area soon had a population of 7000 including 2600 slaves and was producing 400 arrobas of gold a month. Bom Jusus de Cuiabá was founded 1727.

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

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    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.

  6. Ouro Fino - Wikipedia

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    Ouro Fino. 26 languages. ... Sul de Minas: Elevation. 2,979 ft (908 m) Population

  7. Vila Rica Revolt - Wikipedia

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    The Vila Rica Revolt (Portuguese: Revolta de Vila Rica), also known as Vila Rica Sedition, was a colonial revolt against the Portuguese crown. [1] [2] It took place between June 28 and July 19, 1720, in Vila Rica, a city in the Royal Captaincy of Minas de Ouro and Campos Gerais dos Cataguases, in Colonial Brazil.

  8. Aleijadinho - Wikipedia

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    The style typically practiced in Minas Gerais had its main center in the old Vila Rica, today Ouro Preto, founded in 1711, but it also flourished vigorously in Diamantina, Mariana, Tiradentes, Sabará, Cachoeira do Campo, São João del-Rei, Congonhas and a number of other mining towns and villages. When gold began to run out, around 1760, the ...

  9. List of schools of mines - Wikipedia

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    Minas Gerais State University: Faculdade de Engenharia João Monlevade, Minas Gerais. Brazil [81] Federal University of Ouro Preto: Escola de Minas de Ouro Preto Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais. Brazil [82] Federal University of Alfenas: Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais. Brazil: Federal University of Campina Grande