Belo Horizonte sits inland and reminded at least one of us of Birmingham (it even comes with its own language accent). It is a planned city, built in the 1890s to provide for the mining community and business that was bulldozing the country.
Here are a few of the pictures we took when visiting. More will follow once the camera I left at the Royal Savassi hotel in Belo returns it to me.
We got art.
Another Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho building. This one is called, ‘The Niemeyer Buidling’
A confusion of political imagery litters Belo.
Look closely and you’ll see that Punk is not dead in Belo.
The Memorial Minas Gerais Vale has a good selection of rum (cachaça) in the cafe.
Lots of lovely synthetic cave painting in The Memorial Minas Gerais Vale.
Sabine in the Memorial Minas Gerais Vale.
‘Art’ in the Memorial Minas Gerais Vale.
Model of Belo in the Memorial Minas Gerais Vale.
Model of Belo in the Memorial Minas Gerais Vale.Model of Belo in the Memorial Minas Gerais Vale.
Stairs in the Model of Belo in the Memorial Minas Gerais Vale.
Imagery in the Model of Belo in the Memorial Minas Gerais Vale.
Goatman in the Model of Belo in the Memorial Minas Gerais Vale.
Jughead in the Model of Belo in the Memorial Minas Gerais Vale.
Top of the stairs in the Model of Belo in the Memorial Minas Gerais Vale.
Sabine in the Memorial Minas Gerais Vale.
The gorgeous floor in the Memorial Minas Gerais Vale.
Storm’s a coming in.
The PR just kept coming at the Museum Gerdau – Museu das Minas e do Metal set up by the Vale mining and resources company.
The view from the hotel.
Subtle metal references in Museum Gerdau – Museu das Minas e do Metal set up by the Vale mining and resources company.
A view of the Praça Libadore.
This is what a funeral hearse looks like in Belo.
Belo street art.
From the superb Museu de Artes e Ofícios in the train station in Belo.
My cheap hat drew glances, laughs and nods.
From the free to enter Palácio das Artes.
From the free to enter Palácio das Artes.
Sabine in the Memorial Minas Gerais Vale.
More from the superb museum of the working people: the From the superb Museu de Artes e Ofícios in the train station in Belo.
More from the superb museum of the working people: the From the superb Museu de Artes e Ofícios in the train station in Belo.
More from the superb museum of the working people: the From the superb Museu de Artes e Ofícios in the train station in Belo.
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