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Parish Church of Saint Bartholomew
Ouro Preto, Vila Rica, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Religious Architecture
As the parish has been in existence since 1716, it is one of the oldest parish churches in Minas. Like other churches of that period, it has a rectangular floor plan and a mixed construction scheme: the nave and chancel are made of wood and adobe; the sacristy and side aisles are made of stone masonry. The frontispiece is composed of square towers with pyramid-shaped roofs, a frontispiece with an oculus, a central panelled door and three windows in the choir. The interior has tombstones in part of the floor, a rich series of four altarpieces and beautiful paintings on the panelled ceilings of the nave and the vaulted chancel. The church was classified in 1960 and restored in 1980.
Cláudia Damasceno Fonseca