Igreja São Francisco de Assis - Ouro Preto, Brazil
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S 20° 23.194 W 043° 30.174
23K E 656232 N 7745029
The St Francisco de Assis Church in Ouro Preto, Brazil.
Waymark Code: WM6H6X
Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil
Date Posted: 06/04/2009
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"The Church of Saint Francis of Assisi is a Rococo Catholic church in Ouro Preto, Brazil.
Its erection began in 1766 after a design by the great Brazilian architect and sculptor Antônio Francisco Lisboa, the so-called Aleijadinho, who also designed the carved decorations inside, which were only finished towards the end of the 19th century. The circular bell towers and the oculus closed by a relief were original features in religious architecture of that time in Brazil.
The façade has a single entrance door under a fine stone frontispiece, surmounted by a relief depicting Saint Francis receiving the stigmata. The interior is richly decorated with golden woodwork, statues and paintings, and the wooden ceiling displays a beautiful painting by Manuel da Costa Athayde on a Marian subject, one of his best works." (
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