Downtown area of colonial Cachoeira. Sugar and tobacco estates flourished in the Reconcavo region and by the end of the Seventeenth century, Bahia was known throughout the world as one of Portugal\u27s wealthiest regions. Rich landowners built lavish mansions and churches in the region.Área central da cidade colonial de Cachoeira. As propriedades de açúcar e tabaco prosperaram na região do Recóncavo e ao final do século XVII, a Bahia era mundialmente reconhecida como uma das regiões mais ricas pertencentes a Portugal. Ricos proprietários de terras construíram exuberantes mansões e igrejas na região.https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/brazil_slides/1932/thumbnail.jp
View of the casa grande, church and senzala (slave quarters) of the former engenho of Solar do Unhao...
Abandoned engenho near Santo Amaro in the Rec6ncavo region. The international price of sugar oscilla...
Sunset over the island of Itaparica with the Santa Maria Fort, constructed to defend the city from a...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceDowntown area of colonial Cachoeira. Sugar and tobacco estates flo...
View of the Pelourinho historical district in Salvador (Bahia). The failure of the capitancy system ...
Various colonial constructions in the Pelourinho district in the Salvador (BA). In 1549, the Portugu...
3)Chapel and casarão (big house) of the sugarcane engenho at Igaraçu (PE). The coastal zona da mata ...
Mansion of the wealthy Bahian cocoa and sugar landowning elite built in the late Nineteenth and earl...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceSugarcane engenho with the casa grande (mansion or main house) and...
The courtyard of Santo Antonio church in Recife, Pernambuco. Lavish churches, mansions and public bu...
Landmark in the Barra district marking the founding of Sao Salvador by Tomd de Souza in 1549 with th...
Richly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining wealth of Minas Gerais permitted ...
Fort Orange (PE), near the city of Recife, along the coast of the Northeast region. The history of t...
View of the Reconcavo towns of Cachoeira and Sdo Fdlix on the Paraguaçú river. The Reconcavo region ...
Convent of the Ordem Terceira do Carmo in Cachoeira (BA) on the Paraguaçú river. Members of the affl...
View of the casa grande, church and senzala (slave quarters) of the former engenho of Solar do Unhao...
Abandoned engenho near Santo Amaro in the Rec6ncavo region. The international price of sugar oscilla...
Sunset over the island of Itaparica with the Santa Maria Fort, constructed to defend the city from a...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceDowntown area of colonial Cachoeira. Sugar and tobacco estates flo...
View of the Pelourinho historical district in Salvador (Bahia). The failure of the capitancy system ...
Various colonial constructions in the Pelourinho district in the Salvador (BA). In 1549, the Portugu...
3)Chapel and casarão (big house) of the sugarcane engenho at Igaraçu (PE). The coastal zona da mata ...
Mansion of the wealthy Bahian cocoa and sugar landowning elite built in the late Nineteenth and earl...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceSugarcane engenho with the casa grande (mansion or main house) and...
The courtyard of Santo Antonio church in Recife, Pernambuco. Lavish churches, mansions and public bu...
Landmark in the Barra district marking the founding of Sao Salvador by Tomd de Souza in 1549 with th...
Richly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining wealth of Minas Gerais permitted ...
Fort Orange (PE), near the city of Recife, along the coast of the Northeast region. The history of t...
View of the Reconcavo towns of Cachoeira and Sdo Fdlix on the Paraguaçú river. The Reconcavo region ...
Convent of the Ordem Terceira do Carmo in Cachoeira (BA) on the Paraguaçú river. Members of the affl...
View of the casa grande, church and senzala (slave quarters) of the former engenho of Solar do Unhao...
Abandoned engenho near Santo Amaro in the Rec6ncavo region. The international price of sugar oscilla...
Sunset over the island of Itaparica with the Santa Maria Fort, constructed to defend the city from a...