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Sao Francisco Church and Convent

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Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Sao Francisco Church and Convent
Phone:
+55 71 3322-6430

Address:
Largo do Cruzeiro de Su00E3o Francisco, S/N - Pelourinho, Salvador - BA, 40020-280, Brazil

The São Francisco Church and Convent of Salvador is located in the historical centre of Salvador, in the State of Bahia, Brazil. The ornate Church of the Third Order of Saint Francis sits adjacent to the convent. The friars of the Franciscan Order arrived in Salvador in 1587 and soon built a convent and church, but these were destroyed during the Dutch invasions of Bahia in the early 17th century. The works on the current convent began in 1686 under Father Vicente das Chagas following a grandiose design that took decades to complete. The current church was built between 1708 and 1723, but the interior was decorated by several artists during a great part of the 18th century. Most decoration of the church and convent were finished by 1755. The convent and its church are important colonial monuments in Brazil. It was listed as a historic structure by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage in 1938. The convent, church, and Church of the Third Order are integral parts of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Center of Salvador.
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