Church of the Blessed Sacrament of Saint Anne

The Church of the Blessed Sacrament of Saint Anne (Portuguese: Igreja do Santíssimo Sacramento e Sant'Ana) is an 18th-century Roman Catholic church located in Nazaré, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The church is dedicated to Saint Anne and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia. Its construction began in 1747 and continued over the next two decades. The church sits on the second line of hills below the Historic Center of Salvador in the neighborhood of Nazaré. It was built on a hill above the Gravatá Fountain, which likely dates to the early 18th century. The church has a single nave with no side chapels; the side aisles are surmounted by tribunes. The transept features a cupola with a skylight, a feature unique in Bahia. The rear of the church has an ossuary constructed around a small courtyard. The church was listed as a historic structure by the National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute in 1941.[1][2]

Church of the Blessed Sacrament of Saint Anne
Igreja do Santíssimo Sacramento e Sant'Ana
Church of the Blessed Sacrament of Saint Anne (Igreja do Santíssimo Sacramento de Sant'Ana), Salvador
Religion
AffiliationCatholic
DistrictNazaré
RiteRoman
OwnershipRoman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
Location
MunicipalitySalvador
StateBahia
CountryBrazil
Location of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament of Saint Anne in Brazil
Church of the Blessed Sacrament of Saint Anne (South America)
Geographic coordinates12.976943°S 38.508515°W / -12.976943; -38.508515
Architecture
StyleBaroque
Date established1747
Direction of façadeNorth
National Historic Heritage of Brazil
Designated1941
Reference no.275

Location

The Church of the Blessed Sacrament of Saint Anne is located at the highest point of the Ladeira de Sant'Ana, a wide, sloping avenue. The Ladeira de Sant'Ana extends from the church to Avenida José Joaquim Seabra; it was once surrounded by Portuguese colonial-period homes of the 18th and 19th century.[3]

History

The Church of the Blessed Sacrament of Saint Anne was built by the master bricklayer Felipe de Oliveira Mendes.[3]

Ossuary

The ossuary of the church holds the remains of numerous figures of Bahian history. They include those of Maria Quitéria (1792-1853), a Brazilian lieutenant and national heroine of the Brazilian War of Independence.[4]

Protected status

The Church of the Blessed Sacrament of Saint Anne was listed as a historic structure by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage in 1941. Both the structure and its contents were included in the IPHAN directive under inscription number 275.[5][3]

Access

The Church of the Blessed Sacrament of Saint Anne is open to the public and may be visited.

References
  1. Lins, Eugénio Ávila (2012). "Church of the Blessed Sacrament of Saint Anne". Lisbon, Portugal: Heritage of Portuguese Influence/Património de Influência Portuguesa. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  2. Secretaria da Indústria, Comércio e Turismo (Bahia, Brazil) (1975). IPAC-BA: inventário de proteção do acervo cultural. 1 (2 ed.). Salvador, Brazil: Secretaria da Indústria e Comércio. pp. 87–88.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. 1 (2016). Suchodolski, Sergio Gusmão; Gorgulho, Luciane Fernandes (eds.). Preservação do patrimônio cultural brasileiro. Rio de Janeiro: BNDES. pp. 68–69. ISBN 9788587545572.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "Saiba onde estão restos mortais das três mulheres ícones da luta pela independência do Brasil na Bahia". O Globo (in Portuguese). 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  5. "Igreja Matriz de Santana" (in Portuguese). Salvador, Brazil: IPAC. 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
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