Sabará - Nossa Senhora do Carmo

N.S. do Carmo

The church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo, in Rua do Carmo, was begun in 1763. In 1771 Antônio Francisco Lisboa, better known as Aleijadinho, created the façade and the soapstone emblem of the Carmelite order on the main doorway. He was also responsible for the carving on the side altars, the pulpits and the figures on the piers in the choir.

The ceiling painting in the nave, depicting Elijah being carried up to heaven in a fiery chariot, was the work of Joaquim Gonçalves da Rocha (1813).