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Illustrated cover for a route through Vila Rica, with the hills of Ouro Preto, church silhouettes, and a hint of the Tiradentes Monument.

Ouro Preto: gold, taxes, and rebellions

From Praça Tiradentes through the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar to Lajes Lookout

3 hr 15 min3.4 km
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  1. Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar: story on the “Ouro Preto: gold, taxes, and rebellions” route

    The return of the sacred objects will bring back into the story those who received the entire parish for two years.

  2. Casa dos Contos: story on the “Ouro Preto: gold, taxes, and rebellions” route

    The contractor’s story shows how a tax collector himself became a debtor to the royal treasury.

  3. Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel: story on the “Ouro Preto: gold, taxes, and rebellions” route

    The dispute over the plot will show that even the site of the altar was the result of an agreement between brotherhoods.

  4. Church of Saint Francis of Assisi: story on the “Ouro Preto: gold, taxes, and rebellions” route

    Here it becomes clear why the right to hold its own Mass cost the brotherhood years of litigation.

  5. Lajes Lookout: story on the “Ouro Preto: gold, taxes, and rebellions” route

    The final height will connect the city view with the mine and an earlier uprising against the crown.

  6. Museu da Inconfidência: story on the “Ouro Preto: gold, taxes, and rebellions” route

    A prison, a pantheon, and unconfirmed remains reveal how much doubt lies hidden behind the finished version of the past.

  7. Praça Tiradentes: story on the “Ouro Preto: gold, taxes, and rebellions” route

    Here the route's central question arises: who turns a failed rebellion into state memory, and how?

  8. Rua Direita: story on the “Ouro Preto: gold, taxes, and rebellions” route

    The surviving house marks the spot from which the coded signal for the uprising was meant to be sent.

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