Brazil Slide Series: Collection A Heranca Cultural De Minas Gerais, Slide No. 0086.

Creator

Herbert Knup
Jon M. Tolman
Siegfried Muhlhausser

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Publication Date

3-2-2009

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86) The church of Carmo was built in 1758 by the diamond contractor João Fernandes to his slave mistress Chica da Silva, who dominated the social and political scene during a large part of the diamond boom years of the Eighteenth century. Chica had the bell tower placed at the back so she could sleep in the mornings.86) A Igreja do Carmo foi construída em 1758 pelo empreiteiro de diamantes João Fernandes para sua escrava amante Chica da Silva, a qual dominou a cena social e política durante largo período dos anos áureos do diamante no século XVIII. A torre com os sinos da igreja foram colocados, a pedido de Chica, no fundo da igreja, para que ela pudesse dormir pelas manhãs.

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Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico

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Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1992