Salvador da Bahia, Brazil´s black capital and one of New World´s oldest cities!

Trantor · #1 Posted **Aug 17, 2009, 6:30 PM**

Founded in 1549, Salvador (full name São Salvador da Baía de Todos os Santos, in English: "Holy Savior of All Saints' Bay") is one of the most important and biggest cities in Brazil (at 2.9 million, NOT counting metro area), and capital of Bahia state, in northeast Brazil.

Its known as the black capital of Brazil, due to strong african influence and black population.

This thread is a merge of two SSC-Brazil threads, and I DO EXPECT replies

THREAD ONE

01-Panorâmica da Vitória

Foto: Wbuechel - Flickr

02-Contorno

Foto: Wbuechel - Flickr

03-Contorno com vista do centro

Foto: Wbuechel - Flickr

04-Contorno com Vitória

Foto: Sabrina Gledhill - Flickr

05-Vitória

Foto: Fass-binder - Flickr

06-Contorno

Foto: JP!! - Flickr

07-Vitória/Barra

Foto: Kloé-Pic - Flickr

08-Bairro do Comércio

Foto: Ricardo Carreon - Flickr

09-Palácio Rio Branco

Foto: Marcus Laranjeira - Flickr

10-Confluência da Praça Castro Alves, Rua Carlos Gomes e Avenida Sete

Foto: Marie Garcia - Flickr

11-Pelourinho

Foto: Kalle Anka - Flickr

12-Pelourinho

Foto: frestegil - Flickr

13-Barra vista do mar

Foto: ayalon - Flickr

14-Barra

Foto: jocamoreira - Flickr

15-Farol da Barra

Foto: Xandelisk - Flickr

16-Praia do Porto da Barra

Foto: Becky - Flickr

17-Barra

Foto: Lola Vegas - Flickr

18-Ondina

Foto: Cerrado - Panoramio

19-Ondina

Foto: Cerrado - Panoramio

20-Ondina

Foto: Roque AS Oliveira - Panoramio

21-Vista do Horto Florestal

Foto: erichkoegl - Panoramio

22-Região do Iguatemi

Foto: Capitu - Flickr

23-Imbuí

Foto: DavidSurfer - Flickr

24-Imbuí

Foto: DavidSurfer - Flickr

25-Rio Vermelho

Foto: Puri - Flickr

26-Rio Vermelho

Foto: Timotheo Borges - Flickr

27-Rio Vermelho

Foto: Bradley Steenkamp - Flickr

28-Amaralina

Foto: Bradley Steenkamp - Flickr

29-Praça Nossa Senhora da Luz-Pituba

Foto: DavidSurfer - Flickr

30-Pituba

Foto: Eduardo Pelosi - Flickr

31-Costa Azul vista da praia de Itapoan

Foto: jvc - Flickr

THREAD TWO (all photos by Rekarte, SSC forumer)

1-A viagem começa pelo Centro de Salvador,na Estação da Lapa

2-Na Estação da Lapa,tem essas lanchonetes,onde estudantes(tem muitos colégios na região) e trabalhadores,param para fazer uma refeição rápida

3-A Estação da Lapa,costuma estar sempre bem movimentada(Eh a mior estação de Salvador)

4-A Estação da Lapa,se localiza no bairro do Barris,um bairro de classe média,que até a decada de 70,era um bairro nobre

5-Nos bairros do Centro,é cheio desses edificios sem graças,construidos na decada de 60/70

6-Comércio na rua Junqueira Ayres,ao lado do Shopping Piedade

7-Edificio da OAB-BA

8-Inicio da Avenida Joana Angélica

9-Placa

10-Fachada do Shopping Lapa

11-Shopping Lapa e Igreja da Piedade

12-Igreja da Piedade

13-Instituto Geográfico e Histórico da Bahia

14-Idem

15-Rua no bairro de Nazaré

16-Escadaria no bairro

17-Praça no bairro de Nazaré

18-A mesma praça

19-Colégio Salesiano,em frente a praça

20-E andando pelas ruas do bairro,o que encontro

Agora saindo do Centro,indo para os outros bairros,todas as fotos tiradas hoje(ontem)

21-Horto Florestal

22-Me esqueci o nome desta avenida :x

23-Um pouco mais do Horto

24-Isto é uma favela,aqui você escuta pagode,tenta se vestir igual aos rappers americanos,estuda no Centro,trabalha na Pituba ou Iguatemi,e vai nos Partido Alto nas sexta,e desce com a TUI no Domingo

25-Zoom na Favela

26-Bairro Cidade Jardim

27-Pequena parte do Itaigara

28-Praça no Hospital Aliança

29-Um dos anexos do Hospital Aliança

30-3 Bandeiras(Hospital Aliança,Brasil,Bahia)

31-A pracinha onde fica as bandeiras

32-Horto Florestal-Um dos bairros de maior crescimento imobiliario de Salvador

33-Zoom

34-Vale do Loire,ao meu ver,o mais bonito do Horto

35-Zoom

34-Avenida ACM

35-Edificios na margem da avenida

36-Subida para Brotas

37-Favelas a margem da avenida

38-Chegando no Iguatemi

40-Uhuuuu

41-...

42-Iguatemi!

43-Ampliação do Shopping Iguatemi

44-Mudando a fachada do Shopping

45-Em frente ao Shopping

46-Próximo do Iguatemi,a favela de Pernambués

47-Chegando na Avenida Tancredo Neves

48-Aeeee.A Tancedo Neves,o Centro Financeiro de Salvador

49-Como a Avenida é muito pequeno(tanto em comprimento,quanto em largura)fica engarrafada constantemente

50-Alguns edificios,além de baixos,são bizarros

51-Casa do Comércio,e sua arquitetura unica

52-Publicidade nos edificios

53-Ali atrás,o Liz terminando de ser construido

54-O Makro e o Mundo Plaza em construção

55-Ta crescendo!

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Guto · #2 Posted **Aug 24, 2009, 4:03 PM**

Salvador da Bahia Capital. Salve Salve olodum!Triste Bahia diz Caetano mas eu digo Feliz Bahia e triste de mim por viver tão distante. Obrigado pelas imagens belíssimas. Guto.

ColDayMan · #3 Posted **Aug 24, 2009, 5:29 PM**

Blackzil!

Roaming · #4 Posted **Aug 24, 2009, 6:03 PM**

Thanks for the photos. The city looks big and pleasant. What is the main economy in the city? Does it have big issues with crime? Are the beaches very nice?

Gordo · #5 Posted **Aug 24, 2009, 6:25 PM**

Thanks for the pics, Trantor - it's a wonderful city to visit. Do you know if the any parts of the metro have opened yet?

Trantor · #6 Posted **Aug 24, 2009, 7:33 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roaming

Thanks for the photos. The city looks big and pleasant. What is the main economy in the city? Does it have big issues with crime? Are the beaches very nice?

sincerely, I dont know whats the main economy of Salvador. I know they have a FORD factory and other industries and a big petrochemical plant... still, I guess the main economy is tourism... the GDP per Capita is less than half that of Porto Alegre, just as a small example (R$8500 for Salvador, R$19000 for Porto Alegre)

northeastern capitals are usually pretty safe for tourists. The beaches are nice, but they really shine in places AROUND Salvador.

Personally, I find the beaches in sout and southeast Brazil more interesting, due to the mountains and hills... but in the northeast, you have more palm trees, usually more beautiful water and specially, WARMER weather and water.

ethereal_reality · #7 Posted **Aug 25, 2009, 2:40 AM**

An extremely beautiful city.
Thank you for posting your photographs Trantor.

Trantor · #8 Posted **Aug 25, 2009, 2:42 AM**

not mine

this is the FOUND city photos

ethereal_reality · #9 Posted **Aug 25, 2009, 2:46 AM**

ahhh....well, thanks for posting the FOUND photographs Trantor.

how's that?

muppet · #10 Posted **Aug 25, 2009, 1:17 PM**

sexxxy

Trantor · #11 Posted **Aug 25, 2009, 4:30 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

ahhh....well, thanks for posting the FOUND photographs Trantor.

how's that?

much better, after all, you know, the original photographers might visit the forum and get angry at me for receiving the compliments and then charge me the copyrights!!

leftopolis · #12 Posted **Aug 26, 2009, 3:34 PM**

"Do you have Blacks too?"

Quote:

Washington - It was Condoleezza Rice, national security advisor, who helped her boss out of the embarassing situation. During a conversation between the two presidents, George W. Bush, 55, (USA) and Fernando Henrique Cardoso, 71, (Brazil), Bush bewildered his colleague with the question "Do you have blacks, too?"

Rice, 47, noticing how astonished the Brazilian was, saved the day by telling Bush "Mr. President, Brazil probably has more blacks than the USA. Some say it's the Country with the most blacks outside Africa." Later, the Brazilian president Cardoso said: regarding Latin America, Bush was still in his "learning phase".

Nice Pics!

Trantor · #13 Posted **Aug 26, 2009, 6:42 PM**

it isnt surprising Bush said that. He probably thinks Brazil is inhabited by the MYSTICAL race "latinos".

here, two brazilians of the same race, latino!

M.K. · #14 Posted **Aug 26, 2009, 7:17 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roaming

Thanks for the photos. The city looks big and pleasant. What is the main economy in the city? Does it have big issues with crime? Are the beaches very nice?

1.The main economy there is Acarajé, Vatapá, Dendê Oil, Bolinho de Aipim etc...., but also Tourismus, Port, Cacau, Sugar, Alcahool, Fruits and Commerce are the main products.
2. Yes, it has, like the whole country.
3. Yes, they are, the northeast beaches are the best in whole country, warm water, clean and sunny.

VTnardo · #15 Posted **Oct 13, 2009, 5:21 PM**

Beautiful city by the bay.