We have almost 300 years old and big population. We are 23 km (36.8 miles) from ther.
Sabará is a old city with lot Churches, Chapels, old houses, history, Culture, beautiful
Craftwork and Festivals, Events and a delicious gastronomy.
The birthday's city is 17 jully, where the Mayor together all Town Hall, make a big birthday party with lot peoples.
The pictures can show a little be Civil Architecture we have here.
Sabará, city from séc. XVII, where lot important peoples lived before Belo Horizonte`s city born.
CULTURE:
Rich manifestations fascinate and cause emotion.
CRAFTWORK:
The typical craftwork is the finest one represented by point turkish lace, listed by federal law and y the barroque palm leafs used in ancient time to decorate the churches and others monuments.
CHURCHES:
Sabara city and is rural area offer to students a rich and diversified field for the study and analysis of the architectural and ornamental designs that caracterized the evolution of the religious art in Minas Gerais.
INTERIORS:
The carved woods of the chapels and churches show us the level of the religious and the esthetic taste of the artists of the three stage of Minas Gerais barroque.
1 - stage until 1730
2 - stage from 1730 until 1760
3 - stage from 1760 forward.
ALEIJADINHO:
Antonio Francisco Lisboa "the cripple" worked in Sabara from 1771 till 1883, making works at Carmo church.
CHAPELS:
Urban and rural chapels contitute the colonial scenary of Sabara region. It highlights, the
exuberant jewel of barroque; the chapel of our lady of "OH", a post card worldly known.
EVENTS:
From colonial period, Sabara people inherited caracteristics of europeans, indians and african
negros. This mixture of races can be noted during the various events that happen along the year.
FESTIVALS:
The festivals show entirely in cultural expression; in popular art; in folclore manifestation, in
gastronomy, resisting time and making history.
CIVIL ARCHITECTURE: The festivals show entirely in cultural expression; in popular art; in folclore manifestation, in
gastronomy, resisting time and making history.
Cultural relics take us to unforgetable discorverings: water foutains, theater, Museum.
The architectural exemplesof the main street of the historical center are listed by federal law.
It highlights, the imposing mansion of priest Jose Correia da Silva an influent person from
18th century in this royal village.
