MARIANA MG | A charmosa cidade histórica mineira, vizinha de Ouro Preto. | O que fazer em Mariana

Mariana is a charming historic city in Minas Gerais, neighboring Ouro Preto, which preserves much of Brazilian colonial history, especially linked to the gold cycle in Minas Gerais, and is also part of the path known as royal road.

Mariana was one of the slave centers in Colonial Brazil and was the second city that received the most African slaves in the history of slavery in America

The city offers visitors beautiful churches, colonial mansions, squares and museums
The city has just over 61 thousand inhabitants, and the economy revolves around tourism and mineral extraction

Mariana is known as the primate of Minas, as it was the first town, city, bishopric and capital of Minas Gerais.

In the 18th century, it was one of the largest gold-producing cities for the Portuguese Empire. It became the first capital of Minas Gerais by participating in a dispute where the village that collected the greatest amount of gold would be elevated to City, and then in 1745 it became the capital of the then captaincy of Minas Gerais.

And even today Mariana has a prominent economic position, its (GDP) is one of the largest in Minas Gerais
The city is considered the first planned city in Minas Gerais and one of the first in Brazil.

Minutes:

0:00 introduction
1:50 From Ouro Preto to Mariana
2:23 Right street - historic center
3:40 Church of São Pedro dos Clérigos
6:23 Gomes Freire Square
7:53 Praça Minas Gerais
8:55 Saint Francis of Assisi Church
9:38 Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
11:43 City hall - town hall and jail
14:23 Mariana Museum
18:38 In the next video