Church of the Blessed Sacrament of Saint Anne

Church of the Blessed Sacrament of Saint Anne
Igreja do Santíssimo Sacramento e Sant'Ana
Location of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament of Saint Anne in Brazil
Church of the Blessed Sacrament of Saint Anne (South America)
Basic information
Geographic coordinates 12°58′37″S 38°30′31″W / 12.976943°S 38.508515°W / -12.976943; -38.508515
Affiliation Catholic
Rite Roman
Municipality Salvador
District Nazaré
State Bahia
Country Brazil
Heritage designation 1941
Ownership Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
Architectural description
Architectural style Baroque
Date established 1747
Direction of façade North
Designated 1941
Reference no. 275

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. 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]

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.[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.
  3. ↑ "Igreja Matriz de Santana" (in Portuguese). Salvador, Brazil: IPAC. 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
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