Barbacena

Barbacena is a city and a municipality in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, which was founded in 1791.

The city has 128 572 inhabitants. She is in Brazil as Cidade das Rosas - known city of roses.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Alberto Santos Dumont (1873-1932), aviation pioneer and inventor
• Virgílio Moretzsohn de Andrade ( born 1941 ), diplomat