Sabará
Municipality
Municipality of Sabará
Flag of Sabará
Flag
Official seal of Sabará
Seal
Location in Minas Gerais
Location in Minas Gerais
Sabará is located in Brazil
Sabará
Sabará
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 19°53′09″S 43°48′25″W / 19.88583°S 43.80694°W / -19.88583; -43.80694
Country Brazil
RegionSoutheast
State Minas Gerais
Founded1675
Government
 • MayorWander José Goddard Borges (2021-2024)
Area
[1]
 • Total302.419 km2 (116.765 sq mi)
Elevation
705 m (2,313 ft)
Population
 (2020 est.)[2]
 • Total137,125
 • Density450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2010)0.731 – high[3]

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.

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. ↑ "Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics" (in Portuguese). 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2019. 2018 Area Total
  2. ↑ IBGE 2020
  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. 1 2 "Sabará". Lisbon, Portugal: Heritage of Portuguese Influence/Património de Influência Portuguesa. 2012. Retrieved 2022-09-23.

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