Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo
Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Conceição do Mato Dentro. The estimated population in 2010 was 1777 inhabitants.
History.
Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo came about with its clusters of houses occupying a space between the rough edges of an auriferous river and the slopes of small hills. The expedition that founded Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo consisted of families of Portuguese explorers
1963, was named Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo.
Beside the church was built a grand staircase access. Also built was a square below the church called Nova República Square in the center of the main square called Alcino Quintão Square. The church now belongs to the Diocese of Guanhães, whose representatives are the Bishop Emanuel Messias de Oliveira and Father Adão Soares de Souza.
External links.
- Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo Main Church in the Diocese of Guanhães