Mariana, Minas Gerais


Mariana is the oldest city in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is a tourist city, founded on July 16, 1696, and retains the characteristics of a baroque city, with its churches, buildings and museums. It was the first capital of Minas Gerais.
It has an area of.
The municipality contains a very small part of the of Serra do Gandarela National Park, created in 2014.
In 2015 it suffered a major dam disaster.