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"Belo Horizonte is Brazil's third-largest city and the capital of the state of Minas Gerais. With its orderly grid plan and tree-lined avenues, it's a pleasant metropolis. For travelers, it's a good stopping point on the way to the beautiful colonial towns such as Ouro Preto." Useful facts for visitors include things to see and do, shopping and transportation.
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The name of the city means "Beautiful Horizon," and the city was dveloped along the plan of Washington, DC. It is one of the largest cities in Brazil and a commercial and university city with many cultural opportunities.
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"The city is already famous worldwide for its visionary construction, the contrast between new and old buildings and for its climate (hot and humid in summer, warm and dry in winter), claimed to be one of the best in South America." Facts, weather, climate, and history.
"Belo Horizonte, the first modern Brazilian city to spring from an architect's drawing board, was especially designed for its role as the capital of the state of Minas Gerais."
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"This sanctuary was built in the second half of the 18th century. The church has a magnificent Rococo interior; an outdoor stairway decorated with statues of the prophets; and seven chapels illustrating the Stations of the Cross, in which the polychrome sculptures by Aleijadinho are masterpieces of a highly original, moving, expressive form of Baroque art. "
