Wednesday, April 27, 2011
SALVADOR da BAHIA
Well sheltered, the culturally most interesting historic city in Brazil nestles in a calm bay alongside the Atlantic Ocean, Salvador Da Bahia, former capital of the Portuguese colonies. In 1549 more than a thousand Europeans, among them Captain Tomé De Souza, founded a town and colony and up until 1763, Salvador Da Bahia was the capital of Brazil, its wealth having been derived from tobacco, sugarcane and cacao. The Franciscan Order commenced with the religious
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