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    Ouro Preto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈo(w)ɾu ˈpɾetu], lit. 'Black Gold'), formerly Vila Rica (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvilɐ ˈʁikɐ], lit. 'Rich Village')...
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  • The 1994 Protocol of Ouro Preto was the continuation of economic policies setting up a customs union, as set forth four years earlier in the Treaty of...
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  • Federal University of Ouro Preto (Portuguese: Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, UFOP) was established on August 21, 1969 in Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais. It...
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  • The Ouro Preto murder case refers to the murder of the student Aline Silveira Soares, found dead in a cemetery in the city of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais...
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    The Grande Hotel of Ouro Preto (Portuguese: Grande Hotel de Ouro Preto) is a hotel in Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Constructed in 1940, it is one...
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    Afonso Celso de Assis Figueiredo, Viscount of Ouro Preto (2 February 1836 – 21 February 1912) was a Brazilian politician, and the last Prime Minister of...
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    heritage of colonial architecture and art in historical cities such as Ouro Preto and Diamantina, São João del-Rei, Mariana, Tiradentes, Congonhas, Sabará...
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    President of the Council of Ministers of the Empire, the Viscount of Ouro Preto. A provisional government was established that same day, 15th of November...
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    Portuguese Empire. The gold rush opened up the major gold-producing area of Ouro Preto (Portuguese for black gold), then known as Vila Rica. Eventually, the...
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    Aleijadinho (category People from Ouro Preto)
    Ouro Preto, Sabará, São João del-Rei and Congonhas. The main monuments that contain his works are the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Ouro Preto...
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    declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. These are the historic centers of Ouro Preto, Olinda, Salvador, São Luís do Maranhão, Diamantina, Goiás Velho, the...
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    Ouro Preto do Oeste is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 35,737 (2020) and its area is 1,970 km². List of municipalities...
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    Pillar (Brazilian Portuguese: Basílica Menor Nossa Senhora do Pilar) in Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, popularly called the Our Lady of the Pillar Mother Church...
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    The Rio Ouro Preto Extractive Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Extrativista Rio Ouro Preto) is an extractive reserve in the state of Rondônia, Brazil. Created...
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    (Portuguese: Igreja de São Francisco de Assis) is a Rococo Catholic church in Ouro Preto, Brazil. Its erection began in 1766 after a design by the Brazilian architect...
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    primary school teacher, and Joaquina Rosa de Morais. The couple married in Ouro Preto in 1854 and later moved to Serro with the help of Carolina's brother,...
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  • Novos Extractive Reserve. The Ouro Preto River, a right tributary that flows from the east through the Rio Ouro Preto Extractive Reserve, joins the Pacaás...
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    Lemos and Flávio Lemos joined guitarist Loro Jones and vocalist Dinho Ouro Preto. All of them are based in Brasília. With similar songs as Aborto Elétrico's...
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    The most traditional carnival parades happen in the historic cities of Ouro Preto, Mariana, São João del Rei, and Diamantina. Since the 2010s, the carnival...
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    municipalities at the Immediate Geographic Region of Santa Bárbara-Ouro Preto. Ouro Preto Santa Bárbara Barão de Cocais Itabirito Mariana Two regions at the...
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    trade bloc established by the Treaty of Asunción in 1991 and Protocol of Ouro Preto in 1994. Its full members are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and...
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    population of 39,867 inhabitants. The name "Ouro Branco" means "White Gold", as opposed to "Black Gold" - Ouro Preto. The city was an important base on the...
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    a Libras em Ouro Preto, LIBRASOL Aprovado Projeto de Lei que reconhece oficialmente a Libras em Ouro Preto, Câmara Municipal de Ouro Preto Aprovado Projeto...
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  • popularly called Mercosur (Southern Common Market). Later, the Treaty of Ouro Preto was signed to supplement the first treaty, establishing that the Treaty...
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  • The Rio Ouro Preto Biological Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Biológica do Rio Ouro Preto) is a biological reserve in the state of Rondônia, Brazil. The Rio...
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  • Chapada dos Veadeiros Emas Discovery Coast Salvador São Luís Diamantina Goiás Olinda Ouro Preto Iguaçu São Miguel das Missões Pampulha Pantanal Paraty Rio de Janeiro...
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    Ouro Preto, Ouro Branco, São João Evangelista and João Monlevade. The institution was created by Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Ouro Preto...
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    has a different cover. In 2001, Skank recorded the first live album in Ouro Preto as part of the MTV Brasil's series "MTV Ao Vivo". MTV ao Vivo: Skank sold...
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    Minas Gerais, and he idealized the transfer of the state's capital from Ouro Preto to Belo Horizonte (then "Curral Del Rey"). In 1903, he became a member...
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    Nossa Senhora do Carmo) is a Catholic church in the Brazilian city of Ouro Preto, and an important example of the Rococo tradition in Brazil. It is a listed...
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