Church and Monastery of Our Lady of Grace

The Church and Monastery of Our Lady of Grace features a baroque façade, three altars, and a tower with a bulb-shaped dome near Salvador's coast.

The religious complex began as a chapel in 1535, built by Catarina Paraguaçu, who married Portuguese castaway Diogo Álvares and later donated it to Benedictine monks.

The National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute designated this religious complex as a protected heritage site in 1938, preserving Portuguese colonial architecture.

The building sits at coordinates -12.999559, -38.523574 on Avenida Princesa Leopoldina, under management of the Mosteiro de São Bento religious organization.

The remains of Catarina Paraguaçu, a native Brazilian woman who received baptism in France during 1528, rest within this religious complex.

Location: Salvador

Inception: 1600s

Address: Avenida Princesa Leopoldina, s/n

GPS coordinates: -12.99956,-38.52357

Latest update: March 3, 2025 02:16