12) Church of Nossa Senhora do ó em Sabará, Minas Gerais. Gold and precious stones were found by the late Seventeenth century in the region that became known as Minas Gerais. The discovery of major deposits of gold and precious minerals had important economic repercussions, since by the middle of the Seventeenth century sugar profits, the mainstay of the colonial economy, had steadily begun to decline in the face of competition from Dutch sugar coming from the Antilles. The majority of the arriais, or mining establishments, were concentrated in central Minas Gerais. In order to better control and administer the wealth coming from Minas Gerais, the capital of the colony was transferred in 1763 from Salvador, Bahia to Rio de Janeiro.12) Igrej...
Richly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining wealth of Minas Gerais permitted ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceVarious colonial constructions in the Pelourinho district in the S...
Colonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and precious metals in M...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource12) Church of Nossa Senhora do ó em Sabará, Minas Gerais. Gold and...
View of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais with the church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo on the hilltop. After yea...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceView of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais with the church of Nossa Senhora ...
5) Nossa Sra. de Conceição church in Sabará. Ignoring the Tordesilla treaty of 1494 (which gave larg...
6) View of the Pico do Itacolomí mountain with the church of Nossa Senhora das Mercês e Perdões in t...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource5) Nossa Sra. de Conceição church in Sabará. Ignoring the Tordesil...
View of Ouro Preto, former Vila Rica (Minas Gerais). After generations of frustration, gold and prec...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource6) View of the Pico do Itacolomí mountain with the church of Nossa...
Various colonial constructions in the Pelourinho district in the Salvador (BA). In 1549, the Portugu...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceView of downtown Rio de Janeiro and Guanabara Bay. Gold mining was...
Inside the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição in Sabará (MG). The mining wealth of Minas Gerais pe...
Teaching ResourceColonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and pre...
Richly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining wealth of Minas Gerais permitted ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceVarious colonial constructions in the Pelourinho district in the S...
Colonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and precious metals in M...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource12) Church of Nossa Senhora do ó em Sabará, Minas Gerais. Gold and...
View of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais with the church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo on the hilltop. After yea...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceView of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais with the church of Nossa Senhora ...
5) Nossa Sra. de Conceição church in Sabará. Ignoring the Tordesilla treaty of 1494 (which gave larg...
6) View of the Pico do Itacolomí mountain with the church of Nossa Senhora das Mercês e Perdões in t...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource5) Nossa Sra. de Conceição church in Sabará. Ignoring the Tordesil...
View of Ouro Preto, former Vila Rica (Minas Gerais). After generations of frustration, gold and prec...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource6) View of the Pico do Itacolomí mountain with the church of Nossa...
Various colonial constructions in the Pelourinho district in the Salvador (BA). In 1549, the Portugu...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceView of downtown Rio de Janeiro and Guanabara Bay. Gold mining was...
Inside the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição in Sabará (MG). The mining wealth of Minas Gerais pe...
Teaching ResourceColonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and pre...
Richly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining wealth of Minas Gerais permitted ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceVarious colonial constructions in the Pelourinho district in the S...
Colonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and precious metals in M...