Mariana is located only 12 kilometers from Ouro Preto and 112 from the state capital Belo Horizonte. Founded in 1696 by pionners  from Sao Paulo. While Ouro Preto was the government administration town on XVIII century, Mariana was the catholic church center in Minas Gerais province. Visiting Cathedral with concert on a german organ built early seventeen hundreds, Sacred Art Museum, Pillory, Municipal council