Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo Main Church

The Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo Main Church is a parish of Santo Antônio do Rio Abaixo, in Minas Gerais, in the square Alcino Quintão, No.

Its facade is simple, according to a neoclassical style reminiscent of colonial baroque.

In the year 1788 the pioneer José Ferreira Santiago went to the king asking permission to raise a chapel to St. Anthony atop a small hill, near a village.

In 1874, Firmino Alves de Andrade knocked the chapel to be replaced by a larger church.

The church now belongs to the Diocese of Guanhães, whose representatives are the Bishop Emanuel Messias de Oliveira and Father Adão Soares de Souza.