Sabará

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.


 * 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)
 * Casa Azul
 * House of Padre Correia (Solar do Padre Correia)