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Highlights include Casa do Carnaval da Bahia, Cathedral Basilica of Salvador, Church and Convent of São Francisco, Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of the Black People, Elevador Lacerda and the View of Comércio, Largo do Pelourinho.

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  1. Casa do Carnaval da Bahia: story on the “Pelourinho: African Brotherhoods and Baroque Salvador” route

    It will show how a building almost ready for one exhibition had to be adapted for another in just a few months.

  2. Cathedral Basilica of Salvador: story on the “Pelourinho: African Brotherhoods and Baroque Salvador” route

    It will explain the city’s vow, which survived both the epidemic and the church’s change of purpose.

  3. Church and Convent of São Francisco: story on the “Pelourinho: African Brotherhoods and Baroque Salvador” route

    It will place Franciscan poverty alongside donors' money and the threat facing an emptied convent.

  4. Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of the Black People: story on the “Pelourinho: African Brotherhoods and Baroque Salvador” route

    It shows how the brotherhood turned a shared fund and parishioners’ free hours into a space of its own.

  5. Elevador Lacerda and the View of Comércio: story on the “Pelourinho: African Brotherhoods and Baroque Salvador” route

    It will connect the view of Salvador’s two levels with the cost of a private transport project.

  6. Largo do Pelourinho: story on the “Pelourinho: African Brotherhoods and Baroque Salvador” route

    Connects the district's name with public punishment and an attempt to free an imprisoned teacher.

  7. Praça da Sé and the Fallen Cross: story on the “Pelourinho: African Brotherhoods and Baroque Salvador” route

    It will explain why the open square bears the cathedral's name and is marked by a slanting cross.

  8. Terreiro de Jesus: story on the “Pelourinho: African Brotherhoods and Baroque Salvador” route

    It will explain why medical education began in the premises of the former college and military hospital.