Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource6) View of the Pico do Itacolomí mountain with the church of Nossa Senhora das Mercês e Perdões in the foreground. The discovery of major deposits of gold and precious mineraIs had important 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. It was below the Itacolomí peak, nestled in central Minas Gerais, that the colonial town of Vila Rica (now known as Ouro Preto), the center of the large gold rush in the Eighteenth century, was founded.6) Vista do Pico do Itacolomi e, ao fundo, a Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Mercês e Perdões. A descoberta de g...
33) A general view of Ouro Preto from the Church of São Francisco de Paulo, with the Pico do Itacolo...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceNestled in the mountains of central Minas Gerais is the colonial t...
Colonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and precious metals in M...
6) View of the Pico do Itacolomí mountain with the church of Nossa Senhora das Mercês e Perdões in t...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceView of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais with the church of Nossa Senhora ...
View of Ouro Preto, former Vila Rica (Minas Gerais). After generations of frustration, gold and prec...
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...
12) Church of Nossa Senhora do ó em Sabará, Minas Gerais. Gold and precious stones were found by the...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource5) Nossa Sra. de Conceição church in Sabará. Ignoring the Tordesil...
5) Nossa Sra. de Conceição church in Sabará. Ignoring the Tordesilla treaty of 1494 (which gave larg...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource100) View of the Pico do Itacolomí through the towers of the Churc...
Teaching ResourceColonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and pre...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource33) A general view of Ouro Preto from the Church of São Francisco ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceA small chapeI and casarão (bighouse) at a sugarcane engenho (mill...
33) A general view of Ouro Preto from the Church of São Francisco de Paulo, with the Pico do Itacolo...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceNestled in the mountains of central Minas Gerais is the colonial t...
Colonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and precious metals in M...
6) View of the Pico do Itacolomí mountain with the church of Nossa Senhora das Mercês e Perdões in t...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceView of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais with the church of Nossa Senhora ...
View of Ouro Preto, former Vila Rica (Minas Gerais). After generations of frustration, gold and prec...
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...
12) Church of Nossa Senhora do ó em Sabará, Minas Gerais. Gold and precious stones were found by the...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource5) Nossa Sra. de Conceição church in Sabará. Ignoring the Tordesil...
5) Nossa Sra. de Conceição church in Sabará. Ignoring the Tordesilla treaty of 1494 (which gave larg...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource100) View of the Pico do Itacolomí through the towers of the Churc...
Teaching ResourceColonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and pre...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource33) A general view of Ouro Preto from the Church of São Francisco ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceA small chapeI and casarão (bighouse) at a sugarcane engenho (mill...
33) A general view of Ouro Preto from the Church of São Francisco de Paulo, with the Pico do Itacolo...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceNestled in the mountains of central Minas Gerais is the colonial t...
Colonial houses in Ouro Preto (MG). The discovery of major deposits of gold and precious metals in M...