Ouro Preto, Brazil
Ouro Preto.........black gold. A wonderfully quaint little town which is a maze of steep cobbled streets (some so steep they were an effort to climb) All of them terraced with old, colorful Portuguese style houses. The town was a joy to walk around. Also lots of churches (catholic naturally) of Baroque design which we enjoyed.
Oro Preto mined gold at the beginning of the 18th cent. and just into the 19th cent. The gold was found embedded inside the iron hence...