Baleia State Park

Santa Tereza is a Belo Horizonte Metro station on Line 1. It was added in December 1993 to already operating line. The station is located between Santa Efigênia and Horto.

Santa Efigênia is a Belo Horizonte Metro station on Line 1. It was opened in April 1992 as a one-station extension of the line from Central. In December 1992 the line was extended to Horto. The station is located between Central and Santa Tereza.

Horto is a Belo Horizonte Metro station on Line 1. It was opened in December 1992 as a one-station extension of the line from Santa Efigênia; later, Santa Tereza was added in the middle of this extension. In December 1994, the line was extended to Santa Inês. The station is located between Santa Tereza and Santa Inês.

Estádio Raimundo Sampaio, more commonly known as Independência (Portuguese: Independence), is a football stadium located in the Horto neighborhood of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was built in 1950 for the FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil. Initially its capacity was 30,000 people, but after the reconstruction between 2010 and 2012, the capacity is approximately 23,000 people. It belonged to the defunct Sete de Setembro Futebol Clube, which is why the stadium is called Independence (the name of the team, September 7, is Brazil's Independence Day). The stadium is currently property of América Futebol Clube, but has been leased to the Minas Gerais state government for 20 years, as a counterpart to the injection of public resources to demolish the old stadium and build the new one. Estádio Independência is the second most important stadium in Belo Horizonte, behind only Mineirão. Its formal name honors Raimundo Sampaio, a former chairman of Sete de Setembro. América plays their home games in there.

The Palácio das Mangabeiras was the official residence of the governor of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It was finished in 1955 at the end Juscelino Kubitschek's term as governor. The building was designed by Oscar Niemeyer and the gardens were planned out by Roberto Burle Marx. Subsequent governors have expanded the building, altering the original layout of the building. The palace is located at Serra do Curral, in the Mangabeiras region of Belo Horizonte. Construction started in 1951 by request of then governor Juscelino Kubitschek who wished to relocate his family to a residence other than the Palácio da Liberdade, which he considered inaquate to conciliate both professional and personal activities. From its inauguration until 2019 it was the official residence of all the elected governors of Minas Gerais. That changed with the election of Romeu Zema, who opted to remain in his then residence. On June 5, 2019 a decree was issued that removed the building as the official residence of the governor. In 2022 the palace, along with the 42 thousand square meters it occupies, was converted into a public park. Since then it has hosted 42 major events as well as minor ceremonies and workshops.

Professor Paulo Neves de Carvalho Government School (Escola de Governo Paulo Neves de Carvalho) is a Brazilian state funded single institution of higher education, based in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. The school offers undergraduate, masters, specialization and extension programs in the area of Public Administration. The School of Government is part of the João Pinheiro Foundation, and is linked to the government of Minas Gerais through the Secretary of State for Planning and Management (SEPLAG). The School of Government of the João Pinheiro Foundation was established in 1992 with the mission to promote the modernization and professionalization of the government and to improve the training of technical staff at the local, state and federal levels, promoting new management techniques and developing studies and research in public administration.

Universidade FUMEC (Fundação Mineira de Educação e Cultura, FUMEC University) is a private and non-profit Brazilian university in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais.With its 50th anniversary coming FUMEC is part of the group of best universities in the state of Minas Gerais, ranking the second highest private university in the state according to General Index of Courses provided by Ministry of Education, and RUF(Brazilian Universities Ranking) which is the main study regarding universities in Brazil.

The Faculty of Medical Sciences of Minas Gerais (Portuguese: Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, FCMMG) is a private university in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Founded in 1950 by Brazilian doctor Lucas Monteiro Machado, it became the second medical school established in the state, following the UFMG School of Medicine.

The Guignard University of Art of Minas Gerais (Portuguese: Escola Guignard) is a university of fine arts in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil. It was founded on 28 February 1944 by the Brazilian painter Alberto da Veiga Guignard (1896-1962) on request of Juscelino Kubitschek, mayor of Belo Horizonte and later President of Brazil. Guignard became a noted arts educator in Brazil and remained a professor at Guignard for the remainder of his life.The school is noted for its unorthodox administration and educational methods: students and teachers work together freely, and the school lacks the bureaucracy typical of other Brazilian educational institutions. Guignard offers two degrees: a degree in art education and bachelor's degree in fine arts.

Santa Inês is a Belo Horizonte Metro station on Line 1. It was opened in December 1994 as a one-station extension of the line from Horto. In April 1997 the line was extended to Minas Shopping. The station is located between Horto and José Cândido da Silveira.

Central is a Belo Horizonte Metro station on Line 1. It was opened in April 1987 as a one-station extension of the line from Lagoinha. In April 1992 the line was extended to Santa Efigênia. The station is located between Lagoinha and Santa Efigênia.

Greater Belo Horizonte, Brazil, is the name usually used to describe the Belo Horizonte metropolitan region, which is composed of 34 municipalities. As of 2013, it is the third largest metropolitan area of Brazil with more than Six million inhabitants; the largest city by population is Belo Horizonte.