Submitted by Myriam Mahiques

Baroque Churches of San Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. In the words of Umberto Eco.

Architecture News - Apr 01, 2010 - 07:37 7054 views

I’m submitting, Umberto Eco’s great description of San Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos’s baroque churches in his book Foucalt’s Pendulum. African and catholic practices melt in buildings.
myriammahiques.blogspot.com/2010/03/baroque-churches-of-san-salvador-da.html

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