Sabará
Municipality in Southeast, Brazil
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Sabará is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the Belo Horizonte metropolitan region and to the associated microregion.
Sabará | |
|---|---|
| Municipality of Sabará | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location in Minas Gerais | |
  Sabará Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 19°53′09″S 43°48′25″W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State |  Minas Gerais |
| Founded | 1675 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wander José Goddard Borges (2021–2024) |
| Area | |
• Total | 302.419 km2 (116.765 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 705 m (2,313 ft) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 129,380 |
| • Density | 427.82/km2 (1,108.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| HDI (2010) | 0.731 – high[3] |
Appearance
It is a well preserved historic city and retains the characteristics of a baroque city, with its churches, buildings and museums. Other historical cities in Minas Gerais are Ouro Preto, São João del-Rei, Diamantina, Mariana, Tiradentes and Congonhas.
The municipality also houses TV Muro, touted as the world's smallest television station.[citation needed]
Historic structures
Sabará is home to numerous colonial-period historic structures, many designated as Brazilian national monuments by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN); others are designated as state monuments or recognized as Portuguese-era monuments as Heritage of Portuguese Influence by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.[4]
- Hospice of the Holy Land and Chapel of Our Lady of Pilar (Hospício da Terra Santa e Capela de Nossa Senhora do Pilar)
- Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary (Capela de Nossa Senhora do Rosário)
- Parish Church of Our Lady of the Conception (Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Conceição)
- Church of Our Lady of Mercy (Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Mercês)
- Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo)
- Church of Our Lady of the Rosary (Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Pretos)
- Church of Our Lady of Ó (Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Ó)
- Church of Saint Anne (Igreja de Santana)
- Church of the Archbrotherhood of Saint Francis of Assisi (Church of the Archbrotherhood of Saint Francis of Assisi)
- Chapel of Saint Antony of Pompéu (Capela de Santo António de Pompéu)
- Chapels of the Stations of the Passion (Sabará) (Capelas dos Passos)
- Station of the Passion in Rua do Carmo (Passo do Carmo)
- Station of the Passion in Rua Marquês de Sapucaí (Station of the Passion in Rua Marquês de Sapucaí)
- Museum of Gold (Museu do Ouro, Antiga Casa de Intendência)
- Municipal Theater of Sabará (Teatro Municipal de Sabará)
- Caquende Fountain (Chafariz do Caquende)
- Rosário Fountain (Chafariz do Rosário)[4]
- Casa Azul
- House of Padre Correia (Solar do Padre Correia)
