Diamantina, Minas Gerais

Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina

Diamantina is a Brazilian municipality in the aerate of Minas Gerais. Its estimated population in 2006 was 44,746 in a sum place of 3,870 km.

Arraial do Tijuco (as Diamantina was first called) was built during the colonial times in the to come 18th century. As its make known suggests, Diamantina was a center of diamond mining in the 18th and 19th centuries. A accurately-preserved example of Brazilian Baroque architecture, Diamantina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Other historical cities in Minas Gerais are Ouro Preto, Mariana, Tiradentes, Congonhas and Sabar.