Igatu
A stone village built by diamond miners, with extensive ruins and art galleries. It is known as the “Machu Picchu of Bahia”.
Igatu grew up as a mining village at the height of 19th-century diamond mining, when more than ten thousand people lived there. After mining declined, only a few hundred people remained, leaving extensive ruins of stone houses. The village is known as the “Machu Picchu of Bahia” and has been designated a national heritage site. It has a gallery and museum called Arte & Memória, which displays miners’ tools and artworks, and you can visit old mine shafts. The village sits on a ridge between Andaraí and Mucugê, about 110 km from Lençóis, and is usually combined with Marimbus or Mucugê.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Mucugê Byzantine Cemetery
- Vale do Pati
- Marimbus
- Poço Azul
- Poço Encantado
- Ribeirão do Meio
- Cachoeira do Sossego
- Cachoeira da Fumaça