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The Historic Center of Cuiabá (Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte) is a historic area in the municipality of Cuiabá, in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.

History
The Historic Center follows the city's first urban roads, which were formed shortly after the discovery of gold on the banks of the Prainha stream in 1722. The mining period was short, lasting until 1730, but was fundamental in defining the city's axes of occupation. The city grew and consolidated other spaces, such as the quadrangle of Largo da Matriz. The Portuguese slowly added the symbols of colonial administration in the Praça da Matriz, a broad public square now known as the Parça da República; they included the pillory, chamber and jail house, and residences of the ombudsmen and judges-de-fora.

The city went through a long period of economic stagnation in the 18th and 19th century. It was only reversed after the Estado Novo, when the government of Getúlio Vargas planned and built numerous works in the Historic Center. The "Official Works" (Obras Oficiais) of the Vargas government brought government and cultural buildings to the urban fabric of the Historic Center. Avenida Getúlio Vargas was enlarged, but buildings of the "Official Works" were inserted into the colonial urban fabric. Cuiabá retained a "typically colonial appearance" until the end of the 1950s.

Construction continued with more intensely from the 1960s onwards. The large-scale demolition of historic structures was followed by the construction of modernist buildings, beginning with the construction of the modernist Palácio Alencastro; neoclassical buildings and the previous Palácio Alencastro were demolished for its construction. Modernist buildings of this period follow the Carioca model of those in Brasília. The demolition of the baroque-style Cathedral of Cuiabá in 1968 is a symbol of the loss of historic structures in the city; government demolition of colonial-period buildings was followed in the cultural and private sector.

Demolition, defacement, and neglect of historic buildings remains a problem in the The Historic Center of Cuiabá, followed by a deterioration of security in the area. Palácio Alencastro itself, built as the seat of the government of state of Mato Grosso, was soon replaced by the Political and Administrative Center (Centro Político Administrativo) in the 1970s; it was ceded to the municipal government of Cuiabá, then abandoned.

Listing
Studies for the listing began in the 1980s. The IPHAN advisory board approved the listing in 1988, but it was only implemented in 1993. The listed area of the historic center includes approximately 400 properties and covers 13 ha. The wider historic area of Cuiabá has over 600 properties and covers 49.7 ha.

Buildings and structure
Many buildings and structures in the Historic Center of Cuiabá are individually listed as federal, state, municipal monuments.

Government buildings

 * The War Arsenal (Arsenal de Guerra), now the SESC Arsenal, a cultural center; 1822, listed by Mato Grosso in 1984
 * Former State Treasury Building of Mato Grosso (Thesouro do Estado de Mato Grosso), 1896, listed by Mato Grosso in 1983

Churches

 * Church of Our Lady of the Rosary and Saint Benedict, the only federally listed building in Cuiabá, 1993
 * Church of Our Lady of the Good Death (Cuiabá) (Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte), listed by Mato Grosso in 1984
 * Presbyterian Church of Cuiabá (Igreja Presbiteriana de Cuiabá), 1921, listed by Mato Grosso in 1984

Utilities

 * Fountain of Mundéu (Chafariz do Mundéu), 1871, listed by Mato Grosso in 2006