Ouro Preto On Brazil Stamps -World Heritage Mining Town

Ouro Preto In Brazil celebrated it’s 300th Anniversary with the release of a commemorative stamp designed by artist Luciomar S. de Jesus .Ouro Preto was inducted into World Heritage List by UNESCO in 1980 The artist beautifully captures the essence of this beautiful mining town painting various monuments of the historic city of Brazil.

Brazil Stamps On  Ouro Preto - A World Heritage Site Known For It’s Baroque Architecture

What’s On The Stamps

The upper left corner of the stamp features the gold production of Vila Rica (now Ouro Preto) of the eighteenth century.  The panning, the main instrument of extraction, the gold bar, gold powder stored in bags, and gold coins . In the background of the stamp appears the houses with their roofs, and in the foreground, the church of Carmo . Above the picture of mining city, in the blue background is the Itacolomi Peak, with its imposing silhouette, which once served as a reference point for early explorers . In the middle of the stamp is the statue of Joaquim Jose da Silva Xavier - The Tiradentes monument which was inaugurated on April 21, 1894 which represents the ideals of freedom of the Brazilian people . In the lower right corner of the appears the House and Jail House, built between 1784 to 1846 by C. Manuel Ribeiro , to host the administrative structure of Vila Rica.It has been  transformed into a Conspiracy Museum and it holds a valuable and diverse museum collection.

About The City Of Ouro Preto - World Heritage Town

The city of Ouro Preto celebrates it’s 300th anniversary . It was On July 8, 1711, the Governor of the Province of São Paulo and Minas de Oro, Anthony of Albuquerque, created the Villa Rica, bringing the camps in the region of Ouro Preto, at the foot of the monumental Itacolomi Peak . The letter of the law of Dom Pedro I, on March 20, 1823, gave the title of Villa Rica de Ouro Preto Imperial City. The Rio das Velhas , one of the most important of Mines was born in Ouro Preto, where the beautiful Valley Tripuí found the first samples of Eldorado . The mystery  about who discovered the first nugget of gold remains, But it’s well known now that the anonymous discoverer was curious about those dark stones known as Black Gold . Vila Rica was the capital of Minas Gerais from 1720 to 1897, when the seat of government moved to Belo Horizonte. Vila Rica was the birthplace of Aleijadinho (1738-1814), patron of art in Brazil Ouro Preta was the  city  where  the  Conjuração  Mineira  (a  conspiracy  against  the  Portuguese  empire)  took  place  in  1789  headed  by  the  conspirator  Joaquim  José  da  Silva  Xavier, the  Nation’s  civic  patron.

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