# Cathedral Basilica of Salvador

Salvador, Brazil

Built between 1652 and 1672 as the Jesuit college church, the Cathedral Basilica of Salvador is a Mannerist masterpiece faced in pale Portuguese lioz stone. Its gilded chapels and jacaranda sacristy crown the main church of Brazil's first capital.

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Coordinates: -12.972897, -38.51033

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