Qualla: Cambuquira https://qualla.com/cambuquira en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:08 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/6/u/p/g/cambuquira-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Cambuquira https://qualla.com/cambuquira Cambuquira: Introduction https://qualla.com/cambuquira/ Photo credit Public domain. Three sisters lived on Boa Vista Farm in what would one day be the town of Cambuquira. Ana, Joana, and Francisca da Silva Goulart left no biological heirs. When they died, they willed the property - including its headquarters at what is now the Plaza of Sao Francisco - to the people they had enslaved. That inheritance is nearly all that remains of the farm's earliest chapter. Soon after, prospectors found mineral springs in the hills above, and the story of Cambuquira shifted from the history of its founders to the chemistry of its water.

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/u/p/g/cambuquira-wp/6upg-cambuquira-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Cambuquira: The Water Circuit https://qualla.com/cambuquira/ Photo credit Jpmarques, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cambuquira is one of four towns in the Circuito das Aguas - the Water Circuit - of southern Minas Gerais, together with Lambari, Sao Lourenco, and Caxambu. Each sits on a different chemistry of mineral spring: some ferrous, some sulfurous, some carbonated, some rich in magnesium ...

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/u/p/g/cambuquira-wp/6upg-cambuquira-the-water-circuit.mp3 0:06 2 full Cambuquira: Five Springs at the Parque das Aguas https://qualla.com/cambuquira/ Photo credit José Rosael/Hélio Nobre/Museu Paulista da USP, Public domain. At the center of town, the Parque das Aguas holds five named fountains, each with a distinct chemical profile that nineteenth-century physicians associated with specific ailments. The Regina Werneck spring produces carbonated water once prescribed for kidney and liver conditions....

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/u/p/g/cambuquira-wp/6upg-cambuquira-five-springs-at-the-parque-das-aguas.mp3 0:06 3 full Cambuquira: The Church and the Saint https://qualla.com/cambuquira/ Photo credit NayaraRN, CC BY-SA 4.0. The Igreja Matriz de Sao Sebastiao was built by a consortium of local men - Antonio Joaquim da Silva Lemos, Jose Vicente da Silva, Casimiro Jose da Costa, Thome da Silva Lemos, Manoel Martins, and Jose Martins - starting in 1920 and finished in 1925. Two bell towers flank the fac...

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/u/p/g/cambuquira-wp/6upg-cambuquira-the-church-and-the-saint.mp3 0:06 4 full Cambuquira: Views From the Peaks https://qualla.com/cambuquira/ Photo credit Rafael Delazari from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, CC BY 2.0. The high country around Cambuquira offers two commanding overlooks. Alto do Cruzeiro, also called Santa Quiteria's High, rises to 1,114 meters and holds a large cross. From its top, the town unfolds below among coffee plantations, with the mysterious stone city of Sao Thome das L...

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/u/p/g/cambuquira-wp/6upg-cambuquira-views-from-the-peaks.mp3 0:06 5 full Cambuquira: Waterfalls and the Observatory https://qualla.com/cambuquira/ Photo credit Jpmarques, CC BY-SA 4.0. The rivers of Cambuquira - the Lambari, Lambarizinho, and Sao Bento - drop through the hills in a sequence of waterfalls. The Salto das Sete Cachoeiras is the most dramatic, with seven stepped falls. The Cascata do Congonhal lies three kilometers from town. Cascata da Usina sits ...

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