Church of Our Lady of Protection

The Church of Our Lady of Protection is a 19th-century Roman Catholic church located in Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil. The church is dedicated to Our Lady of Help and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia. The church belongs to the Brotherhood of Our Lady of Amparo, which was generally made of mixed-race men, who often constituted the majority of the population of cities in Bahia. Our Lady of Amparo churches are also found in Valença, Bahia and São Cristóvão, Sergipe. The church, despite its construction in the 19th century, is similar to those of the previous century, with a nave, side corridors superimposed by galleries, a façade with monumental pediment, and bell towers on either side of the portals. ()