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Ouro Preto
UNESCO-listed Baroque mining town in Minas Gerais on the historic Estrada Real gold route, with steep cobbled streets and churches.
9 km · about 15 min drive
Minas Gerais, Brazil · South America
Mariana is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Ouro Preto, 9km from Ouro Preto.
Mariana is a town located in Minas Gerais, Brazil. With a population of 61,387, it is an important destination in South America.
On a road trip, Mariana sits in Brazil, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Sao Paulo time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Mariana to your route.
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Assumption (Portuguese: Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Nossa Senhora da Assunção), also called in Portuguese Catedral da Sé de Mariana, is a Catholic cathedral-basilica, the seat of the Archdiocese of Mariana. It is located in the state of Minas Gerais, in the city of Mariana,Read more
Brazil. It is dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption.
The current parish of Our Lady of the Assumption was founded in 1704 and at that time was dedicated to the Virgin Mary, a time when the only temple Camp Ribeirão Carmo was the Chapel of the Virgin. A small chapel made of mudbrick was then erected by the Portuguese miner António Pereira Machado. Work on the current church began in 1711, when Governor Antonio de Albuquerque declared the camp to be a town. Therefore, the church received a dedication to the Virgin. A first expansion took place between 1713 and 1718, commissioned by the master Jacinto Lopes Barbosa who reused the existing structure, which became the sacristy. In 1734 the building had already been quite damaged by the start of new works on the facade and tower under the responsibility of the teacher António Coelho Fonseca. Only in 1798 the exterior walls were rebuilt in stone and lime.
In 1745, with the creation of the Diocese of Mariana, the seat was elevated to cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption.
The cathedral is home to an Arp Schnitger organ installed in 1753 and restored in 1984.
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Mariana is located in Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America. The coordinates are -20.3778 latitude, -43.4161 longitude.
Mariana has a population of approximately 61,387 people, making it a town in Brazil.
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historic highway
UNESCO-listed Baroque mining town in Minas Gerais on the historic Estrada Real gold route, with steep cobbled streets and churches.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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A hilltop sanctuary at Congonhas where Aleijadinho carved twelve soapstone prophets on the terrace, each with a distinct face and gesture, plus six chapels of painted cedar passion figures.
48 km · about 55 min drive
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