Igreja do Santíssimo Sacramento e Sant'Ana, Baroque Catholic church in Nazaré, Salvador, Brazil.
Igreja do Santíssimo Sacramento e Sant'Ana is an 18th-century church at the top of Ladeira de Sant'Ana in Nazaré, Salvador. It has a single nave without side chapels, side aisles topped by tribunes, and a transept cupola with a skylight. At the rear, an ossuary surrounds a small courtyard.
Construction started in 1747 under Felipe de Oliveira Mendes after receiving royal approval from Portugal in 1746. This religious building represented the ongoing Portuguese influence in Salvador during the colonial period.
The ossuary behind the church, built around a small courtyard, holds the remains of Maria Quitéria (1792–1853), a lieutenant and national heroine of the Brazilian War of Independence, and of Father Roma, who arrived in Brazil as an ambassador of the 1817 Pernambuco Revolution. Many devotees of Saint Anne are also buried there.
The church is located in Nazaré and is open to visitors, with administrative offices nearby on Rua do Carro. Visiting during daylight hours allows you to experience the natural light that streams through the dome and skylights.
The ossuary behind the church, built around a small courtyard, holds the remains of Maria Quitéria (1792–1853), a lieutenant and heroine of the Brazilian War of Independence, along with those of Father Roma, an envoy of the 1817 Pernambucan Revolution, and many devotees of Saint Anne.
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