Churches
Ouro Preto, Brazil
Photos taken in April 2012
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 Ataíde on a
Marian subject, one of his best works.
Text from Wikipedia
Santa Efigenia dos Pretos
church for the slaves
