Tiradentes
Tiradentes is one of the smallest yet best preserved colonial towns in the Brazilian State of Minas Gerais. It has a population of about 6000 and boasts some fine examples of 300-year old buildings, like the impressive gold-filled Matriz church.- Village with about 7,740 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 930 metres (3,040 feet)
- …was formerly known as “São José del-Rei”
- Description: town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Also known as“Tiradentes Municipality”“Tiradentes, Minas Gerais”
- Neighbors: São João del Rei
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museu Casa Padre Toledo and Área de Proteção Ambiental Serra São José.
Área de Proteção Ambiental Serra São José
Nature reserve
Área de Proteção Ambiental Serra São José is a nature reserve, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Tiradentes.
Libélulas da Serra de São José Wildlife Refuge
Nature reserve
Libélulas da Serra de São José Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Tiradentes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vitoriano Veloso.
Vitoriano Veloso
Hamlet
Vitoriano Veloso is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km east of Tiradentes.
Tiradentes
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Latitude
-21.1105° or 21° 6′ 38″ south
Longitude
-44.1743° or 44° 10′ 28″ west
Open location code
58CQVRQG+R7
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OpenStreetMap feature
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Tiradentes” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Tiradentes, Minas Gerais”
- Albanian: “Tiradentes”
- Basque: “Tiradentes”
- Bishnupriya: “টিরাডেনটেস”
- Catalan: “Tiradentes”
- Cebuano: “Tiradentes”
- Chechen: “Тирадентис”
- Chinese: “Tiradentes”
- Chinese: “蒂拉登特斯”
- Chinese: “蒂拉登蒂斯”
- Dutch: “Tiradentes”
- Esperanto: “Tiradentes”
- French: “Tiradentes”
- Georgian: “ტირადენტისი”
- German: “Tiradentes”
- Greek: “Τιραντέντες”
- Hungarian: “Tirandetes”
- Irish: “Tiradentes”
- Italian: “Tiradentes”
- Japanese: “チラデンテス”
- Malagasy: “Tiradentes”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tiradentes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tiradentes”
- Norwegian: “Tiradentes”
- Polish: “Tiradentes”
- Portuguese: “Municipio Tiradentes”
- Portuguese: “São José del-Rei”
- Portuguese: “São José do Rio das Mortes”
- Portuguese: “Tiradentes”
- Romanian: “Tiradentes, Minas Gerais”
- Romanian: “Tiradentes”
- Russian: “Тирадентис”
- Spanish: “Municipio Tiradentes”
- Spanish: “Tiradentes”
- Swedish: “Tiradentes”
- Tatar: “Тирадентис”
- Turkish: “Tiradentes”
- Urdu: “تیرادینتیش، میناس ژیریش”
- Uzbek: “Tiradentes”
- Vietnamese: “Tiradentes, Minas Gerais”
- Vietnamese: “Tiradentes”
- Volapük: “Tiradentes”
- Waray (Philippines): “Tiradentes, Minas Gerais”
- Waray (Philippines): “Tiradentes”
- Wu Chinese: “蒂拉登蒂斯”
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