Igreja da Ordem Terceira do Carmo

Salvador


The original church, founded in 1636, burnt to the ground; the present neoclassical structure dates from 1828. The nave has a French organ and a baroque altar with a scandalous statue of NS Senhora do Carmo. Church historians claim the statue was modeled on the likeness of Isabel II, daughter of Garcia d’Ávila, the largest landholder in the Northeast.


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