In Minas Gerais, a city built on gold keeps its history in plain sight: in the steep streets, soapstone façades and Baroque churches that still shape daily life.
“Lost in time” is one of travel writing’s most overworked descriptions. Ouro Preto, in the mountains of Minas Gerais, makes a more convincing case than most. Its past is not sealed behind museum glass. It rises along the hillsides in tiled roofs, church towers, fountains and narrow cobbled streets, while the city carries on around it.
