Congonhas
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Congonhas is a municipality in central Minas Gerais, Brazil. Its municipal seat grew during the gold rush of the early eighteenth century and became a regional pilgrimage center after construction of
Nossa Senhora da Conceição Church and part of the municipal seat
Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Pretos, built by the Black community of colonial Congonhas
Congonhas in 1880, photographed by Marc Ferrez
View across the municipal seat
Estrada Real
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Estrada Real was an epithet applied to the roads built and maintained by the Portuguese Crown both in Portugal itself and in the Portuguese overseas territories.
Congonhas
…operated by the Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil. Passenger service ended, but freight trains continue to use the line. The Caminho Velho branch of the Estrada Real also passes through the district. The municipal seat spreads across hilly ground on the two sides of the Maranhão River. Congonhas lies at the southwestern…
Royal Road marker in Brazil between the towns of Tiradentes and São João del-Rei, both in the state of Minas Gerais
Caminho do Proença in Vila Rica, by Johann Moritz Rugendas