The cloister of the church and convent of St Francis in Salvador


The convent and church of St Francis was built between 1749 and 1755. The work odf the cloister started in 1729 and was finished in 1794. The tiles came from Portugal between 1743 and 1746


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Location: Brazil Bahia State Salvador PelourinhoBrazil Bahia State Salvador Pelourinho
Photo credit: © Nelly Boyd / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: architecture, baroque, c18, c18th, catholic, century, church, cloister, colonial, eighteenth, places, religious, spiritual, style, tower, travel