Sabará

Sabará

Sabará

Municipality in Southeast, Brazil

For other uses, see Sabara (disambiguation).

Sabará is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the Belo Horizonte metropolitan region and to the associated microregion.

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It is a well preserved historic city and retains the characteristics of a baroque city, with its churches, buildings and museums.

Other historical cities in Minas Gerais are Ouro Preto, São João del-Rei, Diamantina, Mariana, Tiradentes and Congonhas.

Historic structures

Sabará is home to numerous colonial-period historic structures, many designated as Brazilian national monuments by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN); others are designated as state monuments or recognized as Portuguese-era monuments as Heritage of Portuguese Influence by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.[4]

  • Hospice of the Holy Land and Chapel of Our Lady of Pilar (Hospício da Terra Santa e Capela de Nossa Senhora do Pilar)
  • Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary (Capela de Nossa Senhora do Rosário)
  • Parish Church of Our Lady of the Conception (Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Conceição)
  • Church of Our Lady of Mercy (Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Mercês)
  • Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo)
  • Church of Our Lady of the Rosary (Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Pretos)
  • Church of Our Lady of Ó (Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Ó)
  • Church of Saint Anne (Igreja de Santana)
  • Church of the Archbrotherhood of Saint Francis of Assisi (Church of the Archbrotherhood of Saint Francis of Assisi)
  • Chapel of Saint Antony of Pompéu (Capela de Santo António de Pompéu)
  • Chapels of the Stations of the Passion (Sabará) (Capelas dos Passos)
  • Station of the Passion in Rua do Carmo (Passo do Carmo)
  • Station of the Passion in Rua Marquês de Sapucaí (Station of the Passion in Rua Marquês de Sapucaí)
  • Museum of Gold (Museu do Ouro, Antiga Casa de Intendência)
  • Municipal Theater of Sabará (Teatro Municipal de Sabará)
  • Caquende Fountain (Chafariz do Caquende)
  • Rosário Fountain (Chafariz do Rosário)[4]
  • Casa Azul
  • House of Padre Correia (Solar do Padre Correia)

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics" (in Portuguese). 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2019. 2018 Area Total
  2. [2]
    IBGE 2020
  3. [3]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. [4]
    "Sabará". Lisbon, Portugal: Heritage of Portuguese Influence/Património de Influência Portuguesa. 2012. Retrieved 2022-09-23.

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