Church of Our Lady of Penha, Salvador

Name: Church of Our Lady of Penha
Address: Salvador, Brazil

#61 among attractions in Salvador

Baroque architecture, Church

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The Church of Our Lady of Penha is an 18th-century Roman Catholic church in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The church is located in the Ribeira neighborhood and constructed in 1742 as an extension of the Summer Palace of the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia. The church sits at the end of the Itapagipe Peninsula and faces the Bay of All Saints. The Church of Our Lady of Penha was listed as a historic structure by the National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute in 1941. ()

Alternative names: Completed: 1742 (282 years ago)Coordinates: 12°54'34"S, 38°29'48"W

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