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.Photo: Rosino, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 8,060 residents
- Description: town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Also known as: “Tiradentes Municipality” and “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
Photo: Magda GalegoLeijoto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Willsterman Sottani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Eduardo P, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vitoriano Veloso is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km east of Tiradentes.
Tiradentes
- Categories: municipality of Brazil and locality
- Location: Central Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Southeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-21.1105° or 21° 6′ 38″ southLongitude
-44.1743° or 44° 10′ 28″ westPopulation
8,060Elevation
912 metres (2,992 feet)Open location code
58CQVRQG+R7OpenStreetMap ID
node 246670921OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6321882Wikidata ID
Q1003423
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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”
- 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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