Colorful mansions from the 18th and 19th centuries, winding streets, and a 150-meter elevation change between rocky mountains: the Minas Gerais city shaped by the diamond rush that preserves its colonial layout as a World Heritage Site

Original: Casarões coloridos dos séculos XVIII e XIX, ruas sinuosas e um desnível de 150 metros entre montanhas rochosas: a cidade mineira moldada pela corrida dos diamantes que preserva seu traçado colonial como Patrimônio Mundial

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Diamantina preserves colonial mansions and stone slopes built by diamond mining in the historic Serra do Espinhaço in Minas Gerais. The post Colorful mansions from the 18th and 19th centuries, winding streets, and a 150-meter elevation change between rocky mountains: the Minas Gerais city shaped by the diamond rush that preserves its colonial layout as a World Heritage Site appeared first on Catraca…

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