From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vitória (neighbourhood)
Vitória (neighbourhood)
It has the traditional Church of Our Lady of Victory,
which was tombada in October 2007 by the Institute of
National Historical and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN).
Following the path of the old path of the Council,
starts at the top of the ladder’s Bar, where is the Church
of Victory, the small square Rodrigues Lima, popularly
called the Square of Victory, where he is a bust that hon-
ors the former governor Lima Rodrigues ; From there the
road is called the Corridor of Victory, by extending a
stretch with just over a kilometer in length and shelter-
ing large cultural facilities in the city of Salvador, as well
as a patrimony of the eclectic architecture of the 19th
and 20th centuries.
The name was originated from victory in the war of
independence of Bahia, where the native troops took the
city by the Portuguese government, to call the local hall
of the Victoria where they marched.
Until the beginning of the 19th century was a suburb
probation of Vitória. of Salvador, being busy from the second half by huge
mansions with distinct architectural features of the then
Vitória is a neighborhood located in the southern prevailing colonial style, partly sheltering the source im-
zone of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. It is made by the so-called perial aristocracy that fugia the narrow and rugged
Corridor of Victory, in addition to the Victoria Square streets of the historic center, as well as foreign traders
(near the church, with a bust in honor of the governor English, French, Spanish and Italian new arrivals to the
Rodrigues Lima) and adjacent streets. Neighboring city of Bahia, who have settled in that stretch bringing
neighborhoods are Barra, Graça, Campo Grande and innovations based on constructive principles hygienists
Canela. Europe, separating their homes with side setbacks, gar-
It is the square meter most expensive city, costing dens and health equity.
around U.S. $ 7 mil para segment the class A, which con- From the 20th century, with the swelling urban and
centrates its occupation around the margin of the coastal social and economic transformations suffered by Sal-
corridor of Victory, with the buildings of up to 35 floors vador, the whole area gets into a deep process of prop-
and exclusive to cable with píers the sea. erty speculation, the verticalization (the building being
It has some of the tallest buildings in Salvador as Mar- built there Apollo XI, for decades the chief of the Capital),
garet Costa Pinto 143m (43 floors) and Address of Cardi- Destroying several architectural monuments. At the end
nals 137m (40 floors). of the’80s is the preservation intervention by the occu-
The paving stones Portuguese back the opening of pation and destination of many of the mansions public.
Avenida Seven in the last century, and the secular trees However, until the present day there is a law of toppling
are planted a feature unique to this area of Salvador, pop- specific to the collection site, leaving it unprotected
ulated of museums, schools, cultural centers and other against the advance of occupation disorderly.
services in arrondissement.
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