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Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas

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	site_334.jpg[185×125] This sanctuary in Minais Gerais, south of Belo Horizonte was built in the second half of the 18th century. It consists of a church with a magnificent Rococo Publishing origin
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	basilica_bom_jesus_0.jpg[150×200] Bom Jesus do Matozinho Sanctuary It's not known for sure who the first residents of Congonhas were. Theoretically, from 1700, the explorers who searched for gold in the Publishing origin
	1668.jpg[133×200] Paul Tanner (UK): Conghonas is a rather unusual WHS. I think it is true to say that there are no other (?) cultural WHS whose design and manufacture can be identified as the work a single named individual. Publishing origin
	w334s2.jpg[154×104] The church and the chapels are extremely picturesque. Set on a steep hill, towering above the humble buildings in the neigbourhood. A clear blue sky as its background. The statues of the Publishing origin
	w334s1.jpg[154×102] This review could be titled Getting there and away . Getting there was much easier than I thought beforehand: there's one direct daily bus at 7am from Ouro Preto. Getting away proved much Publishing origin
	w334s3.jpg[154×93] Unfortunately, you cannot get in at the moment: there are restoration works going on inside the church and some of the chapels. I'm sorry to have missed the rococo interior of the church Publishing origin
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