🏛️ Historic Town of Ouro Preto

Brazil · Americas · Cultural · 20.39°S, 43.51°W

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Historic Town of Ouro Preto
Ouro Preto, formerly Vila Rica, is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The city, a former colonial mining town located in the Serra do Espinhaço mountains, was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO due to its Baroque colonial architecture. Ouro Preto used to be the capital of Minas Gerais from 1720 until the foundation of Belo Horizonte in 1897.

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Quick facts

CountryBrazil
Continent / regionAmericas
List type🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)20.39°S, 43.51°W · view on map

Historic Town of Ouro Preto is a cultural World Heritage site in Brazil, in Americas. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Historic Town of Ouro Preto was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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