Lourdes, Belo Horizonte — Area Guide & Where to Stay

What are the main landmarks in Lourdes?

The sheet runs long. The Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes, the Saint Joseph Church, the Igreja Nossa Senhora de Fátima and the Igreja Metodista do Brasil give the bairro four places of worship, and the museums outnumber them several times over. Abílio Barreto History Museum, MM Gerdau - Mines and Metal Museum, Museu Inimá de Paula, Belo Horizonte Fashion Museum and the Professor Djalma Guimarães Museum of Mineralogy head that list.

Memorial Minas Gerais Vale, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil and SESC Palladium add cultural halls, while Palacete Vivacqua and Solar Narbona are filed as named houses.

What is the history of Lourdes?

Lourdes was founded officially in the mid-1930s, though the quarter had begun to grow well before that around the Basílica de Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, which opened in 1923. The Abílio Barreto History Museum carries history in its own title, and the Memorial Minas Gerais Vale names the state itself, while the Palacete Vivacqua and Solar Narbona are entered as houses under their own names. Museums fill in the rest.

One entry is titled 20 years of Diretas Já, and the Museu da Polícia Civil do Estado de Minas Gerais and the Memorial do Ministério Público de Minas Gerais name two arms of the state.

Where is Lourdes?

Praça da Liberdade falls inside Lourdes, a bairro under Belo Horizonte in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The sights sit close.