Praça da Liberdade & Circuito Liberdade
Praça da Liberdade / Circuito Liberdade
The square on Avenida Brasil where the old state government was located. Surrounding late-19th-century eclectic government buildings have been converted into more than ten museums, forming the Liberdade Cultural Circuit.
Praça da Liberdade was planned as the administrative center when Belo Horizonte was founded. Royal palm avenues, fountains, and gardens surround late-19th-century state government offices. After the state government moved out in 2010, these buildings were converted into museums, including the Memorial Minas Gerais Vale, the MM Gerdau Museum of Mines and Metal, and the Banco do Brasil Cultural Center. Together they are known as the Liberdade Cultural Circuit. Most are free or low-cost, and most close on Mondays. On one corner of the square stands the curvaceous Niemeyer residential building, the Edifício Niemeyer.
Opening hours
Square open all day; museums generally Tue–Sun
Nearby sights
- MM Gerdau – Museum of Mines and Metal
- Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Belo Horizonte
- Memorial Minas Gerais Vale
- Palácio da Liberdade
- Savassi
- Palácio das Artes
- Feira Hippie (Sunday Arts & Crafts Fair)
- Parque Municipal Américo Renné Giannetti