🏛️ Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia

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The Historic Center (US) or Centre (UK) of Salvador de Bahia in Brazil, also known as the Pelourinho or Pelô, is a historic neighborhood in western Salvador, Bahia. It was the city's center during the Portuguese colonial period and was named for the whipping post in its central plaza where enslaved people from Africa were publicly beaten as punishment for alleged infractions. The Historic Center is extremely rich in historical monuments dating from the 17th through the 19th centuries.

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Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia is a cultural World Heritage site in Brazil, in Americas. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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