Cores de Olinda VI

Cores de Olinda VI

Olinda - Pernambuco - Brasil

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Rio da Barra em Trancoso

Rio da Barra em Trancoso

Trancoso - Bahia - Brasil

Foz do Rio da Barra

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Igreja Matriz de N.Sra.da Conceição (1738) - Catas Altas

Igreja Matriz de N.Sra.da Conceição (1738) - Catas Altas

Catas Altas - Minas Gerais - Brasil

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Santuário do Caraça – Parque Nacional do Caraça

Santuário do Caraça – Parque Nacional do Caraça

Catas Altas – Minas Gerais - Brasil

O Santuário compreende:
- o Parque Nacional do Caraça 11.233 hectares de Mata Atlântica e Cerrado com altitude variando entre os 720 e os 2.070 metros acima do nível do mar, a Serra do Caraça;
- a Igreja de Nossa Senhora Mãe dos Homens, que teve sua construção iniciada em 1876 pelo arquiteto Pe. Jules Clavelin;
- uma Pousada, antigo seminário e colégio interno, funcionou durante 150 anos. O colégio foi aberto em 1821, e funcionou até 1968. Por lá passaram mais de 10 mil alunos, entre eles: 500 sacerdotes, 21 bispos e 120 deputados ou senadores por Minas Gerais, e 28 altos postos, destacando-se Afonso Pena e Artur Bernardes, ex-presidentes do Brasil.
- um Museu.
D. Pedro I em 1831, acompanhado da Imperatriz D. Amélia visitou o Caraça em 1881 e D. Pedro II com a Imperatriz D. Teresa Cristina, foram visitar o Caraça.
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Caraça Sanctuary – Caraça National Park
The Sanctuary comprises:
- Caraça National Park, 11,233 hectares of Cerrado and Atlantic Forest with an altitude ranging between 720 and 2,070 meters above sea level, the mountain of Caraça;
- The Church of Our Lady Mother of Men, which had its construction started in 1876 by architect Father Jules Clavelin;
- An inn, a former seminary and boarding school, worked for 150 years. The college was opened in 1821 and ran until 1968. There been more than 10,000 students, among them 500 priests, 21 bishops and 120 deputies and senators from Minas Gerais, and 28 senior positions, especially Afonso Pena, Artur Bernardes, former presidents of Brazil.
- A museum.
D. Pedro I in 1831, accompanied by the Empress D. Amelia visited Caraça in 1881 and D. Pedro II with Empress D. Cristina went to visit the Caraça.

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Capela de Santa Quitéria (sec.XVIII) - Catas Altas

Capela de Santa Quitéria (sec.XVIII) - Catas Altas

Catas Altas - Minas Gerais - Brasil

Capela de Santa Quitéria (sec.XVIII) tendo ao fundo a Serra do Caraça

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