Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text

The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia' has mentioned 'Portuguese Empire' in the following places:
Occurrence Sentence Text Source
Historical Affiliations Portuguese Empire 1549xe2x80x931815 Dutch Brazil 1624xe2x80x931625 United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves 1815xe2x80x931823xc2xa0Empire of Brazil 1823xe2x80x931889 Republic of Brazil 1889xe2x80x93present
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.
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.