or MARIANA, a town in the province of Minas-Geraes, Brazil, pleasantly situated between two eminences, at a height of 3000 feet above the sea, 45 miles N.E. of Ouro-Preto. The town is well built; and the principal streets are broad and well paved. The principal buildings are—a cathedral, several other churches and convents, an ecclesiastical seminary, an hospital, and the bishop's palace. The trade is inconsiderable. Pop. 5200.