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Beaches Attractions In Salvador

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Salvador, also known as São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos is the capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia. With 2.9 million people , it is the largest city proper in the Northeast Region and the 4th-largest city proper in the country, after São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília. Founded by the Portuguese in 1549 as the first capital of Brazil, Salvador is one of the oldest colonial cities in the Americas. A sharp escarpment divides its Lower Town from its Upper Town by some 85 meters . The Elevador Lacerda, Brazil's first elevator, has connected the two since 1873. The Pelourinho district of the upper town, still home to many examples of Port...
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  • 3. Praia do Porto da Barra Salvador
    Santa Vitória do Palmar is Brazil's southernmost municipality, located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. To the west of the municipality is the Lagoa Mirim and beyond that is Uruguay; to the east and southeast lies the Atlantic Ocean, and to the north is the city of Rio Grande. To the south it borders the municipality of Chuí and Uruguay. The city proper is located approximately 16 km inland from the Atlantic, 8 km east of Lagoa Mirim and 20 km north of the Uruguayan border at Chuí. The city is traversed by the Brazilian federal highway BR-471, the most important road link between Brazil and Uruguay. It is 504 km by road from the state capital, Porto Alegre, and about 370 km from Uruguay's capital, Montevideo. Santa Vitória do Palmar used to be the southernmost city in Brazil, until t...
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  • 4. Flamengo Beach Salvador
    The 2018 season is the 123rd year in the club's history, the 107th season in Clube de Regatas do Flamengo's football existence, and their 48th in the Brazilian Série A, having never been relegated from the top division. The club will participate in the Brazilian Série A, the 2018 Campeonato Carioca , Copa do Brasil and the CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores. For the first time since 2010 Flamengo advanced past the Copa Libertadores group stage.
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  • 7. Praia do Rio Vermelho Salvador
    Yemoja is a major water deity from the Yoruba religion. She is an orisha and the mother of all orishas, having given birth to the 14 Yoruba gods and goddesses. She is often syncretized with either Our Lady of Regla in the afrocuban diaspora or various other Virgin Mary figures of the Catholic Church, a practice that emerged during the era of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Yemoja is motherly and strongly protective, and cares deeply for all her children, comforting them and cleansing them of sorrow. She is said to be able to cure infertility in women, and cowrie shells represent her wealth. She does not easily lose her temper, but when angered she can be quite destructive and violent, as the flood waters of turbulent rivers. Yemoja is often depicted as a mermaid, and is associated with the...
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  • 11. Ondina beach Salvador
    Ondina is a neighborhood located in the southern zone of Salvador, Bahia. Carnival ends here , several kilometers up from Barra. Ondina has a nice urban beach and some of the big, standard-style hotels .
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  • 13. Praia do Forte Salvador
    Praia do Forte is a long beach with a small village 80 km away from the city of Salvador de Bahia, located in northeastern Brazil and facing the Atlantic Ocean. The beach is known for its clear waters, white sand, natural pools, rivers and an ecological reserve of native flora and fauna.
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