Curvelo

Curvelo grew in the interior of Minas Gerais, between the valleys of the São Francisco and the Rio das Velhas. Its name recalls Father Antônio Corvelo de Ávila, a priest from Bahia associated with the early settlement. A royal order established the district in 1720, as the expanding mining districts and cattle country drew settlers into the region. The settlement later developed around its church and the roads through the interior.