Prédio do Arquivo Público Municipal, Municipal archives in Feira de Santana, Brazil.
Prédio do Arquivo Público Municipal is a single-story Eclectic building constructed in 1917, aligned close to the street. Its façade has a central portal flanked by two windows on each side. Mid-20th-century annexes in a contemporary style were added in harmony with the original. Inside are collection spaces, a reception area and two small exhibition rooms.
The building was constructed in 1917 under Colonel Agostinho Fróes da Motta's administration and initially served as a school. It was later converted to house the city's expanding documentary records.
The building holds documents that reveal how the city grew and how people lived through different periods. Visitors can see old photographs and records that bring the history of Feira de Santana to life.
The archive occupies a single-story building set directly against the street in the central area of Feira de Santana, with a central portal flanked by two windows on each side. It is open to the public and receives visitors, students and researchers; the annexes added in the mid-20th century hold the collection spaces, a reception area and two small exhibition rooms.
The archive holds detailed records of the purchase and sale of enslaved Africans in the municipality, among its 200,000 documents. It also keeps papers linked to Maria Quitéria (1792-1853), a Brazilian independence figure, and to Monsignor Renato de Andrade Galvão (1918-1995).
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