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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia' has mentioned 'Brazil' in the following places:
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capital city of Bahia state, Brazil
Municipality in Northeast, Brazil
Founded by the Portuguese in 1549 as the first capital of Brazil, Salvador is one of the oldest colonial cities in the Americas.
The Elevador Lacerda, Brazil's first urban elevator, has connected the two since 1873.
The city's cathedral is the see of the primate of Brazil and its Carnival celebration has been reckoned as the largest party in the world.
Its metropolitan area, housing 3,899,533 people (2018) forms the wealthiest one in Brazil's Northeast Region (2015).
Historical Affiliations Portuguese Empire 1549xe2x80x931815 Dutch Brazil 1624xe2x80x931625 United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves 1815xe2x80x931823xc2xa0Empire of Brazil 1823xe2x80x931889 Republic of Brazil 1889xe2x80x93present
Salvador lies on a small, roughly triangular peninsula that separates the Bay of All Saints, the largest bay in Brazil, from the Atlantic Ocean.
[5] It was first reached by Gaspar de Lemos in 1501, just one year after Cabral's purported discovery of Brazil.
The present city was established as the fortress of Sxc3xa3o Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos ("Holy Savior of the Bay of All Saints")[12][n 1] in 1549 by Portuguese settlers under Tomxc3xa9 de Sousa, Brazil's first governor-general.
[16] From a cliff overlooking the Bay of All Saints,[n 2] it served as Brazil's first capital and quickly became a major port for its slave trade and sugarcane industry.
In the Roman Catholic Church, Brazil and the rest of the Portuguese Empire were initially administered as part of the Diocese of Funchal in Portugal but, in 1551, Salvador became the seat of the first Roman Catholic diocese erected in Brazil.
[21][n 4] Its bishop was made independent of the Archdiocese of Lisbon at the request of King Pedro II in 1676;[24] he served as the primate of the Congo and Angola in central Africa until the elevation of the Diocese of Luanda on 13 January 1844 and its bishop still serves as the national primate and premier see (diocese) of Brazil.
In 1572, the Governorate of Brazil was divided into the separate governorates of Bahia in the north and Rio de Janeiro in the south.
These were reunited as Brazil six years later, then redivided from 1607 to 1613.
In 1621, King Philip III replaced the Governorate of Brazil with the states of Brazil, still based in Salvador and now controlling the south, and the Maranhxc3xa3o, which was centered on Sxc3xa3o Luxc3xads and controlled what is now northern Brazil.
As Spain was then prosecuting a war against the independence of the Dutch, the Dutch East and West India companies tried to conquer Brazil from them.
Salvador remained the heart of the Recxc3xb4ncavo, Bahia's rich agricultural maritime district,[25] but was largely outside Brazil's early modernization.
In 1873, Brazil's first elevator, the powerful hydraulic Elevador Lacerda, was constructed to connect the city's upper and lower towns.
[34] The city hosted the 2013 Confederations Cup and was one of the host cities of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil at its Arena Fonte Nova.
Main article: Largest Cities of Northeast Region, Brazil
In 2010, the city of Salvador was the third-most populous city in Brazil, after Sxc3xa3o Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
Mannerist Cathedral Basilica of Salvador, the Primate of Brazil (1657xe2x80x931746[49])
In Salvador, religion is a major contact point between Portuguese and African influences and, in the last 20 years, Brazil's version of a North American-influenced Pentecostalism.
Because of its location on Brazil's northeastern coast, the city served as an important link in the Portuguese empire throughout the colonial era, maintaining close commercial ties with Portugal and Portuguese colonies in Africa and Asia.
Salvador remained the preeminent city in Brazil until 1763 when it was replaced as the national capital by Rio de Janeiro.
Economically Salvador is one of Brazil's more important cities.
Since its founding the city has been one of Brazil's most prominent ports and international trading centers.
Salvador is the second most popular tourism destination in Brazil, after Rio de Janeiro.
The Salvador coastline is one of the longest for cities in Brazil.
Gun violence in the state of Bahia more than doubled in the period from 2004 to 2014, and the city is in the top ten for gun violence of the 26 state capitals of Brazil.
The local cuisine, spicy and based on seafood (shrimp, fish), strongly relies on typically African ingredients and techniques, and is much appreciated throughout Brazil and internationally.
The most typical ingredient is azeite-de-dendxc3xaa, an oil extracted from a palm tree (Elaeis guineensis) brought from West Africa to Brazil during colonial times.
[92][93] In the first half of the 20th century, Salvador-born masters Mestre Bimba and Mestre Pastinha founded capoeira schools and helped standardize and popularize the art in Brazil and the world.
From Museu de Arte da Bahia (MAB), which is the oldest in the State, to Museu Nxc3xa1utico, the newest, the first capital of Brazil displays unique elements of history.
With cargo volume that grows every year with the economic growth of the state, the Port of Salvador, located in the Bahia de Todos os Santos, is the port with the most movement of containers of the North/Northeast and the second-leading fruit exporter in Brazil.
Itapoxc3xa3, known throughout Brazil as the home of Vinicius de Moraes and for being the setting of the song "Tarde em Itapoxc3xa3", is located in East Zone.
The neighborhood of Liberdade (Liberty) has the largest proportion of Afro-Brazilians of Salvador and Brazil.
The Baroque decoration of the church is among the finest in Brazil.
During the last decades, volleyball has grown steadily in Salvador, especially after the gold medal won by Brazil in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Martha Vasconcellos, Miss Bahia 1968, Miss Brazil 1968 and Miss Universe 1968.
Founded in 1549 on a small peninsula that separates Todos os Santos Bay from the Atlantic Ocean on the northeast coast of Brazil, Salvador de Bahia became Portuguese Americaxe2x80x99s first capital and remained so until 1763.
The city grew quickly, becoming Brazilxe2x80x99s main seaport and an important centre of the sugar industry and the slave trade.
Its founding and historic role as capital of Brazil quite naturally associate it with the theme of world exploration already illustrated by the inclusion on the World Heritage List of the Old Havana (1982), Angra do Heroismo (1983), San Juan de Puerto Rico (1983), and Cartagena (1984).