Ouro Preto (Vila Rica do Ouro Preto) – miasto w Brazylii, w stanie Minas Gerais.
Miasto zostało założone 1698, kiedy w miejscowych rzekach odkryto złoto.
Do Ouro Preto, którego nazwa oznacza "czarne złoto", przybyli liczni
poszukiwacze złota i handlarze zwabieni możliwością dużych zysków. Ouro
Preto staje się szybko jednym z bogatszych miast Brazylii - w połowie
XVIII wieku zamieszkiwało je więczej mieszkańców niż w Rio de Janeiro czy w Nowym Jorku. Miasto było ważnym ośrodkiem gospodarczym i politycznym. W 1789 zrodził się tutaj pierwszy brazylijski ruch niepodległościowy Inconfidência Mineira. W latach 1822-1897 miasto było stolicą stanu Minas Gerais, którą później przeniesiono do Belo Horizonte.
W okresie największego rozwoju miasta powstała charakterystyczna barokowa
architektura miasta kolonialnego. Po zakończeniu wydobycia złota,
miasto podupadło, ale dzięki temu zachowanych zostało wiele cennych
zabytków, wpisanych w 1980 na listę światowego dziedzictwa UNESCO. Ouro Preto było pierwszym brazylijskim obiektem na tej liście.
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Ouro Preto (Vila Rica do Ouro Preto) - a city in Brazil, in the state of Minas Gerais.
The city was founded in 1698, when gold was discovered local rivers. To Ouro Preto, whose name means "black gold", many gold prospectors came and lured traders the possibility of large gains. Ouro Preto is rapidly becoming one of the richest cities in Brazil - in the middle of the eighteenth century, inhabited by eternal inhabitants than in Rio de Janeiro and New York. The city was an important center of economic and political. In 1789, the first born here Inconfidência Brazilian independence movement Mineira. In the years 1822-1897, the city was the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, which later moved to Belo Horizonte.
In the biggest development of the city was characteristic of colonial baroque architecture. At the end of gold mining, the city fell into decline, but thanks retains many historical monuments, inscribed in 1980 on UNESCO World Heritage List. Ouro Preto was the first in Brazil object on the list.
The city was founded in 1698, when gold was discovered local rivers. To Ouro Preto, whose name means "black gold", many gold prospectors came and lured traders the possibility of large gains. Ouro Preto is rapidly becoming one of the richest cities in Brazil - in the middle of the eighteenth century, inhabited by eternal inhabitants than in Rio de Janeiro and New York. The city was an important center of economic and political. In 1789, the first born here Inconfidência Brazilian independence movement Mineira. In the years 1822-1897, the city was the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, which later moved to Belo Horizonte.
In the biggest development of the city was characteristic of colonial baroque architecture. At the end of gold mining, the city fell into decline, but thanks retains many historical monuments, inscribed in 1980 on UNESCO World Heritage List. Ouro Preto was the first in Brazil object on the list.
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