Sabará Explained
| Sabará |
| Official Name: | Municipality of Sabará |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name: |  Brazil |
| Subdivision Name1: | Southeast |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Wander José Goddard Borges (2021–2024) |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1675 |
| Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
| Area Total Km2: | 302.419 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 129,380 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | BRT |
| Utc Offset: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | -19.8858°N -43.8069°W |
| Elevation M: | 705 |
| Blank Name: | HDI (2010) |
| Blank Info: | 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
Notes and References
- Web site: Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. 2017 . 2018 Area Total . 27 March 2019 . pt.
- https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/mg/sabara/panorama IBGE 2022
- Web site: Archived copy . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233352/http://www.pnud.org.br/arquivos/ranking-idhm-2010.pdf . July 8, 2014 . August 1, 2013 . United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
- Web site: Sabará . Heritage of Portuguese Influence/Património de Influência Portuguesa . 2012 . Lisbon, Portugal . 2022-09-23.
