Is it legal to collect at Tiradentes, MG: Rio das Mortes gold village?

Restricted. IPHAN tombamento since 1938 covers the architectural and urban ensemble: eyes-only, no digging or detecting in or around the protected core

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Q: What can you find at Tiradentes, MG: Rio das Mortes gold village?

eyes-only: 18th-century gold-town streets, Matriz de Santo Antonio gilded church, colonial stone fountain (1749), steam train to Sao Joao del-Rei

Rio das Mortes gold village

Riverbank Documented siteRestricted

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Gold

Also reported: Matriz de Santo Antonio gilded church, colonial stone fountain (1749), steam train to Sao Joao del-Rei.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

Sao Jose del Rei, founded on a 1702 gold strike near the Rio das Mortes, IPHAN national heritage since 1938, reached by preserved steam railway

Portuguese Wikipedia documents the 1702 gold discovery and 1938 IPHAN tombamento; English Wikipedia confirms the preserved colonial ensemble and tourist steam line