Sunset over the island of Itaparica with the Santa Maria Fort, constructed to defend the city from attacks from the sea, in the foreground. During the Seventeenth century the enormous sugar profits proved irresistible to the Dutch. Salvador was bombed and briefly captured in 1624, but the Dutch succeeded in capturing Pernambuco to the north and held it until 1654.Pór do sol sobre a ilha de Itaparica, com o Forte de Santa Maria em primeiro plano, construído para defender a cidade dos ataques marítimos. Durante o século XVII, os enormes lucros do açúcar mostraram-se tentadores aos holandeses. Salvador foi bombardeado e brevemente conquistado em 1624, depois os holandeses consequivam capturar Pernambuco, dominando estas regiões até 1654.https:...
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Fort Orange (PE), near the city of Recife, along the coast of the Northeast region. The history of t...
View of Sao Marcelo Fort guarding the entrance to the harbor. In the background is the Itapagipe pe...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceFort Orange, located near Olinda (Pernambuco), was built by the Du...
Sao Marcelo Fort. Built in the Seventeenth century, it was among the defenses constructed by the Por...
Monte Serrat Fort. Built in the Sixteenth century and located on the Itapagipe peninsula opposite Sa...
Downtown area of colonial Cachoeira. Sugar and tobacco estates flourished in the Reconcavo region an...
Landmark in the Barra district marking the founding of Sao Salvador by Tomd de Souza in 1549 with th...
One of the fortified towers of the Santo António da Barra Fort (better known as Farol da Barra) in S...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceSunset over the island of Itaparica (Bahia) in Todos os Santos ba...
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...
Azulejos (tiles) in the courtyard of the Church of the Ordem Terceira de Sdo Francisco with a view o...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceAnother angle from the Pelourinho with the Carmo Church and its ad...
The courtyard of Santo Antonio church in Recife, Pernambuco. Lavish churches, mansions and public bu...
3)Chapel and casarão (big house) of the sugarcane engenho at Igaraçu (PE). The coastal zona da mata ...
Fort Orange (PE), near the city of Recife, along the coast of the Northeast region. The history of t...
View of Sao Marcelo Fort guarding the entrance to the harbor. In the background is the Itapagipe pe...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceFort Orange, located near Olinda (Pernambuco), was built by the Du...
Sao Marcelo Fort. Built in the Seventeenth century, it was among the defenses constructed by the Por...
Monte Serrat Fort. Built in the Sixteenth century and located on the Itapagipe peninsula opposite Sa...
Downtown area of colonial Cachoeira. Sugar and tobacco estates flourished in the Reconcavo region an...
Landmark in the Barra district marking the founding of Sao Salvador by Tomd de Souza in 1549 with th...
One of the fortified towers of the Santo António da Barra Fort (better known as Farol da Barra) in S...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceSunset over the island of Itaparica (Bahia) in Todos os Santos ba...
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...
Azulejos (tiles) in the courtyard of the Church of the Ordem Terceira de Sdo Francisco with a view o...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceAnother angle from the Pelourinho with the Carmo Church and its ad...
The courtyard of Santo Antonio church in Recife, Pernambuco. Lavish churches, mansions and public bu...
3)Chapel and casarão (big house) of the sugarcane engenho at Igaraçu (PE). The coastal zona da mata ...
Fort Orange (PE), near the city of Recife, along the coast of the Northeast region. The history of t...
View of Sao Marcelo Fort guarding the entrance to the harbor. In the background is the Itapagipe pe...