Nice places to visit 3: Mangabeiras

- Hi there, we're back with more attractions. Our theme now is a neighborhood called Mangabeiras. It's situated in the south of the city, and it has a lot of green area, full of trees and clean air.
- In this location we have the second largest urban park environment in Brazil, called Mangabeiras Park. It has a lot of green area and many typical animals, such as fishes, parrots, monkeys and lemurs, and you can feed them too! It also has some routes that you can follow walking or in buses. With them you can discover more of the vegetation of the area. Here is a photo of it. In this lagoon you can feed some fishes! The ration is around R$2,00. It's on the 1st image.
- Mangabeiras has a serie of mountains called 'Serra do Curral', and the 'Palácio das Mangabeiras', the official residence of the Governor. It has also two squares:

• 'Praça da Bandeira' (Flag Square), that has a big Brazilian flag hoisted. It's a local for meeting people. It's on the 2nd image;
• 'Praça do Papa' (Pope Square), that is a really big area that you can ride a bike and play of various things, like kites and cars. It also is a stage for some shows.

Nice places to visit 2: Liberdade Square

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- Another cool place to visit is the complex of 'Praça da Liberdade'. It is localized in the neighborhood of Savassi.
- The name 'Praça da Liberdade' means Liberty Square and it was founded in 1897. It is a area for walking, buying cotton candy and seeing the font and the beautiful palm trees. In that area stays the 'Palácio da Liberdade', the current seat of the government of Minas Gerais.
- In this area has also many things. It has a building that is from Oscar Niemeyer, a famous architect who designed a very chic premise.It has also the Public Library, that opens from Monday to Saturday and contains important books of the Brazilian literature.
- It has also a circuit called 'Circuito Cultural Praça da Liberdade'. It is installed in public buildings surrounding the Square of Liberty, the largest complex of its kind in the country, will be formed by ten cultural spaces that integrate art, popular culture, knowledge and entertainment. Among the attractions are 'Museu Mineiro' and You can visit it, worth seeing! There is one site that explains everything: http://bit.ly/2M9zyU

Nice places to visit 1: Pampulha

- - As we say right here, Belo Horizonte is a wonderful city with MANY attractions. From now we are going to see some of them!
- One of the most visited places is Pampulha, a neighborhood in the town. There is Lagoa da Pampulha, a grandious lagoon that in the end of the year they put a huge Christmas tree! Also there is 'Igrejinha da Pampulha', a church build by a famous arquitect called Oscar Niemeyer, that contains images of Cândido Portinari. Another places are:

• A such beautiful symbol of the local architecture called 'Casa do Baile';
• A zoo with many tropical animals and plants;
• A gorgeous Museum of Natural Art (or 'Cassino da Pampulha'), that contains multiple artwork;
• The 'Mineirão' Stadium, where the Cruzeiro and Atlético Mineiro teams play (image). It is actually reforming for the 2014 World Cup, that'll be in Brazil!
• The 'Iate Tênis Clube', a club with many pools, courts and fun. The gardens were planned by Robert Marx, a famous landscape architect.