Church and Hospice of Our Lady of the Good Journey

Church and Hospice of Our Lady of the Good Journey
Igreja e Hospício de Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem
Church and Hospice of Our Lady of the Good Journey
Location of the Church and Hospice of Our Lady of the Good Journey in Brazil
Basic information
Geographic coordinates 12°55′53″S 38°30′50″W / 12.931352°S 38.513948°W / -12.931352; -38.513948
Affiliation Catholic
Rite Roman
Municipality Salvador
State Bahia
Country Brazil
Heritage designation 1941
Ownership Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
Date established 1712
Designated 122

The Church and Hospice of Our Lady of the Good Journey (Portuguese: Igreja e Hospício de Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem) is a 18th-century Roman Catholic church located in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The church is dedicated to Our Lady of the Good Journey and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia. It is located on the Itapagipe Peninsula and faces west directly onto the Bay of All Saints. The Church and Hospice of Our Lady of the Good Journey has a single tower with a frontispiece covered in blue and white azulejos in a zigzag pattern. It was listed as a historic structure by the National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute (IPHAN) in 1941.[1][2][3]

Protected status

The Church and Hospice of Our Lady of the Good Journey was listed as a historic structure by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN) in 1938. Both the structure and its contents were included in the IPHAN directive under inscription number 122.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Carrazzoni, Maria Elisa (1987). Guia dos bens tombados Brasil (2a. ed.). Rio de Janeiro: Expressão e Cultura. pp. 109–110. ISBN 8520800920.
  2. ↑ Lins, Eugénio Ávila (2012). "Church and Hospice of Our Lady of the Good Journey". Lisbon, Portugal: Heritage of Portuguese Influence/Património de Influência Portuguesa. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  3. ↑ 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. 59–60.
  4. ↑ "Igreja e Hospício de Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem" (in Portuguese). Salvador, Brazil: IPAC. 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
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