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A Wonderful Colonial City: Ouro Preto.

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Vila Rica do Ouro Preto (from Portuguese, Black Gold Rich Village) is a city in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a former colonial mining town located in the Serra do Espinhaço mountains and designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO because of its outstanding Baroque architecture.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouro_Preto ( Other informations. I prefered to put a link because my English is not so good)

Thread creator: Marcelo de Oliveira Lisa from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. I used a Panasonic-DMC-LZ5. Pics from my page on Fickr.




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There are other wonderful colonial cities on the state called Minas Gerais in Brazil : the nicest are Tiradentes, Diamantina and Ouro Preto but Minas Gerais has the famous Basílica de Bom Jesus de Matosinhos in Congonhas that is World Heritage by UNESCO too. I show you a map of the old Royal Road Route:
www.descubraminas.com.br
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Like my English is not so good, I will put a link here where you can see other nice places full of history from here. Use arrow to find the next pages:
http://www3.telus.net/braziliana/baroquebrazil.htm
If someone need more informations about Ouro PReto, add me in Facebook or Orkut: Marcelo Lisa.
bela :drool: its the first time i saw the interior of the teater...
Truely one of the most beautiful towns I ever visited. Generally these Minas barroque cities are worth to see as Mariana, Congonhas (well unfortunatly most of that town is modern nowadays) and Tiradentes. And not to forget Parati in Rio.

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hey vey nice town, i really like it...
beautifull, greetings from Mexico

:)
Küsel,
You should see too Diamantina that is World Heritage by Unesco too!! And take a look in Serro too that is near it.
I know I should :( Never made it so far north :cry:
But I for sure will one day!! And Bahia - never even saw the Pelourinho, imagine that!!
Küsel,
Sind Sie Brasilianer? :) Mein Deutsch ist Kaputt!! :(((
I am brazilian and I don´t know Pelourinho too. Hehe
Well , if you like museus, I created a thread about the Museu de Ciências Naturais da PUC Minas but it is in the brazilian foruns.:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=894330
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Obrigado, I pass by there from time to time. No I am not BR, but my wive is and I used to live in Sampa (Osasco to be more concrete) ;)
More pictures from there that I took recently:

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I´ll put here some pictures of another colonial city of Brazil that is also Patrimony of the Humanity by UNESCO. It is Congonhas in Minas Gerais state.


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Great pics mate.. Ouro Preto is one of the most beautiful cities of the country. Could be anywhere in Portugal but it's in Brazil!

Thanks for share.
Great pics mate.. Ouro Preto is one of the most beautiful cities of the country. Could be anywhere in Portugal but it's in Brazil!

Thanks for share.
Dutch,
Brazil has many nice cities like Ouro PReto. In Minas GErais there are Diamantina and Tiradentes and Mariana ( in Mariana there is the unique organ Arp Schnitger that is not in Europe and from it there are still concerts for tourists).
In Rio de Janeiro state there is Petropolis that is the Imperial city where Emperor and his family had Summer Palace, Crystal Palace , etc and many europeans don´t know that south Brazil has many cities that are little pieces of GErmany , Italy and Holland.
Take a look in it. Use arrows to see next pages:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=847912
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