Church and Convent of San Francisco, Salvador

Bahia / BrazilAugust 11, 2026

Church and Convent of São Francisco in Salvador: Brazil's great golden Baroque monument

In the heart of Salvador's Pelourinho district, the Church and Convent of São Francisco is one of the most extraordinary monuments of Brazilian Baroque. Behind a comparatively restrained stone façade lies an interior historically celebrated for exuberant gilded woodcarving, while the adjoining convent preserves one of Brazil's most important collections of 18th-century Portuguese tiles. The complex is part of Salvador's historic center, inscribed on...