Sao Francisco Church - El Divino Salvador
Brazil has a history of colonization by Portugal From the 16th to the early 19th century. Since the Portuguese will to invest in trading with Asia and Africa, Brazil was the best place to be a trading post instead of a place to send larger numbers of settlers.
The city of Salvador is the first capital of brazil that founded by the Portuguese. Since that, the shape of buildings and colorful walls are originated from Portuguese architecture.
One of the most famous architecture in this city is Sao Francisco Church. One of the most spectacular churches in the world, this famous church is richly adorned inside with gold and silver. To emphasize the greatness of Portugal, they used a huge amount of gold to build this church. It’s a great example of showing how the portuguese tried to overwhelm by visual effect through architecture.