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BAHIA
The state of the Bahia always had much importance in the national scene, leaving of century XX it was become into one of the important economic and cultural polos of the country. The Bahia is a perfect synthesis of Brazil in the artistic, mistics and musical aspects. It was also where the Brazilian society started to form itself, with the miscegenation of Aboriginals, Portuguese and Africans. |
Lake Abaete - BA
Church of the Bonfim - BA
Beach of Conceição - Itaparica
Beach of Ondina - BA
Beach of Corumbau - BA
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THE STATE |
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The economy of the Bahia tried great transformations in last the 30 years, with the growth of the industrial activity and the modernization of the commerce and the services, exactly that the impulse of the economy is concentrated in Salvador, with some exceptions in the interior. Alem of this, the Bahia is as the producing one of oil, behind São Paulo. |
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SALVADOR DA BAHIA |
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During more than two centuries, up to 1763, it was the capital of Brazil and of that time it conserves one rich historical quantity and architectural. It is located in a hill, dominating the Bahia of All Saints, the greater of Brazil. In this city it was constructed the first port of the austral hemisphere, and the first establishment of Europeans. Salvador is differentiated for the warm and welcoming environment, its mixed population, of whites, blacks and indians, is creative, musical and rich in customs. Salvador presents narrow streets and sufficiently inclined slopes, and can be perceived clear divisions, the "city low" in the level of the sea, and the "high city", joined for the elevator of Lacerda, with 72 meters of height and 4 cabins, traditional symbol of the city. When the access to the high part is made through the streets, the best way is for the avenue Contorno, where if it finds the most beautiful set architectural of the Bahia, the Solar of the Unhão, that shelters the Museum of Modern Art, with cultural programming per all the year, in the end of the avenue, is the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição da Praia. |
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Monastery of São Bento - It was the first constructed monastery outside of the Europe, that together with the Church and the Convent of San Francisco, constitutes one of the more important religious sets of Brazil. The baroque façade, de1723, hide the treasures of its interior, as for example the altar covered of gold, and Portuguese panels that demonstrate to the birth of San Francisco and its resignation to the corporeal properties. |
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Church of the Order Third of San Francisco and Convent - the façade of the construction mentions the Baroque Spaniard to it, in the interior has a painting series in the ceiling. In the Convent the tile panels are projected that reproduce the nuptials of the son of Don João VI, the small Don Jose, having as deep the city of Lisbon before the 1755 earthquake. |
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Church of the Gentleman of the Bonfim - It is the most popular church of the Bahia, where, every year, in the second fortnight of January, Bahians with typical suits they wash staircases following the tradition of the party, known as "washed of the Bonfim", that it has great popularity and to each year attracts millions of worshippers. The church was constructed on a hill and one year after its construction was coated with white Portuguese tiles. Its façade is Rococó and its Neoclassic interior. |
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Other Churches - Also shows interesting the Cathedral of the Basilica, that constitutes an example of the Portuguese architecture; the Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosario dos Negros, constructed for released from slavery and destined to the proper cults; e the Church of the Carmo, that shelters a rare collection of images and colonial furniture. |
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Museum of Sacral Art - One meets in one old monastery of century XVII, with a collection of about 400 statues in wood, silver and gold, beyond diverse sculptures Aleijadinho, the most known baroque sculptor of Brazil. One is about the biggest quantity of collection of religious art of Brazil. |
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Museum Costa Pinto - Located in a magnificent restored colonial house, it displays furniture and old crystals that portray the life and the past of Salvador. |
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Museum of the City and Museum of the Recôncavo - the Museum of the City, situated in the Plaza of the Pillory, and the Museum of the Recôncavo, with its collection of pictures and objects, represents three centuries of colonial time. |
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Rio Branco Palace - It is one of the main constructions of the city. It is in the Municipal square, the first one of Salvador. It was headquarters of the governors and presidents of provinces, and currently it shelters the Cultural Foundation of the State of the Bahia, the Foundation Pedro Calmin and the Memorial of the Governors. |
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Market Model - It is in the "city low", shelters the old port and the commercial district, In the Market Model has 300 points more than where it can be found a great variety of handicraft and Brazilian art. The traditional "Bahian" can itself be conferred, a woman completely dressed of white as the colonial time, that sells candies of côco and other products that she displays in a tray that leads on the head. |
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The Forts - the necessity of defense left as inheritance the impressive forts, as for example the São Marcelo, in full sea of the Bahia of All the Saints; the Saint Maria; the São Diego; Santo Antonio da Barra; and the Fort of MontSerrat. In the center of the city meets of the Fort São Pedro, where the Brazilian military had faced for the first time against the Portuguese government in 1822, giving beginning to the war of the Independence of Brazil; it occupies a strategical position for the southwestern defense of the colonial city, to hinder that the invaders disembarked in the Port of the Barra. To about 200 meters it is the Campo Grande, or Square 2 of July, that constitutes the biggest garden of the city, one of more modern centers of spectacle of the country: the Theater Castro Alves. |
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