Colonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and precious metals in Minas Gerais, Goids and Mato Grosso had important economic repercussions, since by the late Seventeenth century sugar profits, the mainstay of the economy, had been steadily declining. The capital of the colony was moved from Salvador to the port of Rio de Janeiro to facilitate shipping and better administer the exploitation of this enormous wealth. Thousands of speculators and settlers flocked to mining camps in the interior from coastal settlements and in 1776 Ouro Preto was over three times as populous as New York. The mining wealth of Minas Gerais permitted the growth of a sophisticated urban society in the interior which built sumptuous ...
Richly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining wealth of Minas Gerais permitted ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceA small chapeI and casarão (bighouse) at a sugarcane engenho (mill...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceView of downtown Rio de Janeiro and Guanabara Bay. Gold mining was...
Teaching ResourceColonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and pre...
View of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais with the church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo on the hilltop. After yea...
View of Ouro Preto, former Vila Rica (Minas Gerais). After generations of frustration, gold and prec...
View of the Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário (1766/1776) in Ouro Preto (MG). For many years after ...
General view of Ouro Preto (MG). For many years after initial settlement, the regions\u27s mountain ...
Various colonial constructions in the Pelourinho district in the Salvador (BA). In 1549, the Portugu...
Nestled in the mountains of central Minas Gerais is the colonial town of Ouro Preto (formerly known ...
12) Church of Nossa Senhora do ó em Sabará, Minas Gerais. Gold and precious stones were found by the...
6) View of the Pico do Itacolomí mountain with the church of Nossa Senhora das Mercês e Perdões in t...
9) View of Ouro Preto with the Nossa Senhora do Carmo church and the Inconfidência museum in the cen...
Zebu cattle in the interior of the state of Pernambuco. In order to supply the sugar estates and min...
Convent of the Ordem Terceira do Carmo in Cachoeira (BA) on the Paraguaçú river. Members of the affl...
Richly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining wealth of Minas Gerais permitted ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceA small chapeI and casarão (bighouse) at a sugarcane engenho (mill...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceView of downtown Rio de Janeiro and Guanabara Bay. Gold mining was...
Teaching ResourceColonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and pre...
View of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais with the church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo on the hilltop. After yea...
View of Ouro Preto, former Vila Rica (Minas Gerais). After generations of frustration, gold and prec...
View of the Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário (1766/1776) in Ouro Preto (MG). For many years after ...
General view of Ouro Preto (MG). For many years after initial settlement, the regions\u27s mountain ...
Various colonial constructions in the Pelourinho district in the Salvador (BA). In 1549, the Portugu...
Nestled in the mountains of central Minas Gerais is the colonial town of Ouro Preto (formerly known ...
12) Church of Nossa Senhora do ó em Sabará, Minas Gerais. Gold and precious stones were found by the...
6) View of the Pico do Itacolomí mountain with the church of Nossa Senhora das Mercês e Perdões in t...
9) View of Ouro Preto with the Nossa Senhora do Carmo church and the Inconfidência museum in the cen...
Zebu cattle in the interior of the state of Pernambuco. In order to supply the sugar estates and min...
Convent of the Ordem Terceira do Carmo in Cachoeira (BA) on the Paraguaçú river. Members of the affl...
Richly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining wealth of Minas Gerais permitted ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceA small chapeI and casarão (bighouse) at a sugarcane engenho (mill...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceView of downtown Rio de Janeiro and Guanabara Bay. Gold mining was...