| Page Views: 1,243 Last Visit to Ouro Prêto: June, 2000 | Outro Preto by dargains - last update: Apr 13, 2004 |
Ouro Preto A cidade de Ouro Preto, foi a principal cidade brasileira do ciclo do Ouro, e uma cidade totalmente colonial, com o chao de pedra, e um patrimonio historico, principalmente em suas igrejas barrocas invejaveis The city of Ouro preto was the most important city, in the cilce of gold, in the colonial times. It has one of the msot important historical patrimonies in Brazil, it´s main caracteristiques are it´s barroque churches |
A cidade que ja se chamou Vila Rica e foi capital do imperio, era a principal rota de escoamento, do Ouro Mineiro, para os portos de Parati e do Rio de Janeiro. Tem todo um charme especial, em suas ladeiras, e que em suas igrejas que guardam algumas das onbras do mestre Aleijadinho The city, once called Vila Rica ( The Rich Village), was the main route, of the gold that were sent to the harbors of Parati and Rio de Janeiro, to be dispatched to Europe The city has a unique charm, due to it´s hills and it´s barroque churches that keeps some of the works of the great master Aleijadinho, wich use to work with tools tied to his wrists, because his fingers, had fall down due to a disease called Lepra. |
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pepples46 Tue Jul 25, 2006 00:01 UTC beautiful Ouro Preto, can 'kill' when running up and down the Hill :-)) |
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