Cosa c'è in programma a Ouro Preto (Brasile) durante l'anno

Affollato — Summer holidays in Brasile, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In gennaio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Rainy season landslides (1 dic – 31 mar (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Carnival in the republics, Summer holidays in Brasile

• Festival

  Carnival in the republics

  5 feb – 5 mar · di solitoAffollatoPrenota presto

  The student republics open their doors and the blocos haul themselves up the cobbles for five days. The hills are the hard part, and every bed in the centre goes a year ahead. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Rainy season landslides (1 dic – 31 mar (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Carnival in the republics, Semana Santa sawdust carpets

• Festival

  Semana Santa sawdust carpets

  20 mar – 25 apr · di solitoPasqua e Settimana SantaAffollato

  Residents lay coloured sawdust down the slopes through the small hours of Holy Saturday, and the Resurrection procession walks over the lot on Sunday morning. The council supplies the sawdust by the tonne. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Carnival in the republics (5 feb – 5 mar (di solito)), Rainy season landslides (1 dic – 31 mar (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Semana Santa sawdust carpets, Tiradentes day

• Festività

  Tiradentes day

  21 aprFesta nazionaleAffollatoChiusure

  The national holiday on 21 April commemorates the conspirator hanged for a plot hatched in these streets, and the town it belongs to is where Minas comes to mark it. A long weekend when it falls right. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Semana Santa sawdust carpets (20 mar – 25 apr (di solito))

Media stagione — un mese nella media

• Festival

  Corpus Christi sawdust carpets

  3–4 giuFesta religiosaAffollato

  Overnight before the Thursday procession residents cover about three kilometres of the old streets with carpets of coloured sawdust, coffee grounds and flowers. Walk the route before dawn, before the procession passes over them. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — Corpus Christi sawdust carpets, CineOP film festival

• Festival

  CineOP film festival

  25–30 giuAffollato

  A free festival of Brazilian cinema focused on film heritage and preservation, with screenings, debates and a June-party atmosphere spread across the historic centre. Rooms in the historic centre are scarcer than usual that week. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Corpus Christi sawdust carpets (3–4 giu)

Affollato — July winter break in Brasile, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Festival de Inverno

  1–31 lug · di solitoFestival delle arti

  The winter festival spreads concerts, workshops, theatre and exhibitions across Ouro Preto and Mariana for most of July, timed with the town's birthday on the 8th. Evenings are cold at this altitude. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: CineOP film festival (25–30 giu)

Affollato — uno dei mesi con il clima migliore

In agosto non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Affollato — vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima migliore

In settembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Affollato — Festa do Doze

• Festival

  Festa do Doze

  9–13 ott · di solitoGrande festaAffollatoPrenota presto

  The School of Mines celebrates its 1876 founding on 12 October, when alumni pour back into the student republics. The balls and republic parties are invitation-only, but the town is full and loud and beds are hard to find. Fonte ↗

Media stagione — un mese nella media

In novembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Affollato — Summer holidays in Brasile, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Rischio

  Rainy season landslides

  1 dic – 31 mar · di solitoStagione delle frane

  Heavy summer rain on the steep hillsides brings landslides; in January 2022 one on Morro da Forca brought down historic mansions. The civil defence contingency plan runs December to March, and some streets are closed after downpours. Fonte ↗