Church of Our Lady of Protection (Santo Amaro)

The Church of Our Lady of Protection (Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Amparo) is a 19th-century Roman Catholic church located in Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil. The church is dedicated to Our Lady of Help and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cruz das Almas. The church belongs to the Brotherhood of Our Lady of Amparo, which was generally made of mixed-race men, who often constituted the majority of the population of cities in Bahia. Our Lady of Amparo churches are also found in Valença, Bahia and São Cristóvão, Sergipe. The church, despite its construction in the 19th century, is similar to those of the previous century, with a nave, side corridors superimposed by galleries, a façade with monumental pediment, and bell towers on either side of the portals. The church lacks federal, state, or municipal protection, but was named as part of the Heritage of Portuguese Influence sites by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage started large-scale reform works on the church in 2018.

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