Oratório Vira-Saia

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This is the most famous of several oratórios (glass-encased niches containing images of saints) built on street corners around town by early-18th-century Ouro Preto residents to keep evil spirits at bay. Others can be found on Rua dos Paulistas and Antônio Dias.

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