Salvador is home to some of the oldest fortifications and lighthouses on the American continent, such as Forte de Santo Antônio da Barra or Farol da Barra, one of the city’s main postcards. Dating back to 1534, even before the foundation of the country’s first capital in 1549, what is […]
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History of the Fort of Santo Antônio da Barra in Salvador
Forte de Santo Antônio da Barra oe Barra Lighthouse in Salvador is certainly one of the ex-libris of the City of Salvador. However, none of the other fortifications of the Head of Brazil has undergone so many metamorphoses during its more than four hundred years of existence than the Fort […]
History of the Forts and Lighthouses of Salvador
The construction of forts and lighthouses was due to the need to protect the city of Salvador and that the first colonizing objective of the Portuguese was to ensure sovereignty over the discovered territory. The choice of the site for the installation of the city of Salvador also took into […]