The municipality contains part of the 3,941 hectares (9,740 acres) Serra do Rola-Moça State Park, created in 1994.

[citation needed] The Banda São Sebastião Musical Corporation, a symphonic band, was founded on May 13, 1929, by Tarcilio Gomes da Costa in Brumadinho.

On January 25, 2019, the city was the victim of a tailings dam collapse that killed 270 people.

[5][6] The disaster released a mudflow that advanced over houses in a rural area near the city.

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