Itapagipe Peninsula

Itapagipe Peninsula
Itapagipe Peninsula
Península de Itapagipe
	, bairro da .
Location	Northeast Region, Brazil, Brazil
Coordinates	12°55′S 38°30′W / 12.917°S 38.500°WCoordinates: 12°55′S 38°30′W / 12.917°S 38.500°W
Offshore water bodies	Atlantic Ocean, Baía de Todos os Santos

The Itapagipe Peninsula (Portuguese: [itapaˈʒipi]) is a peninsula located in the city of Salvador, capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia. The peninsula comprises Administrative Region III, including the neighborhoods of Alagados, Boa Viagem beach, Bonfim, Monte Serrat, Ribeira, Uruguai, Mares, Roma, Caminho de Areia, Vila Ruy Barbosa, and Massaranduba, among others. Rua Fernandes Viêira and Avenida Afrânio Peixoto roughly form a boundary between the peninsula and the city of Salvador. The Church of Our Lady of Penha (Portuguese: Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Penha), one of the earliest structures, occupies the northern tip of the peninsula.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Etymology[]

The name "Itapagipe" comes from the Tupi language and means "place of the stone in the river" (ita, stone + paba, place + 'y, river + pe, in).^[4]

History[]

The peninsula was settled soon after the founding of Salvador in the mid-16th century. The historic center of Salvador, which sits a high bluff, was subject to frequent landslides throughout the colonial period. They caused widespread destruction, both the death of residents of the area and the destruction of public building. , Viceroy of Brazil from 1806 to 1808, transferred the administration of Salvador to the peninsula, and called on the architects João Silva Muniz and José da Costa e Silva, both of Rio de Janeiro, to oversee the project. A navigable channel was planned at the isthmus the peninsula was planned, but the project was abandoned and the channel never built.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Neighborhoods[]

Alagados
Bonfim
Caminho de Areia
Mares
Massaranduba
Monte Serrat
Ribeira
Roma
Uruguai
Vila Ruy Barbosa^[2]

Historic structures[]

The Itapagipe Peninsula, due to its early settlement by the Portuguese, is home to a designated historic district and numerous protected structures by federal, state, and municipal authorities. They range in construction from the 16th to 19th centuries.

(Perímetro do Subdistrito da Penha)
Church of Nosso Senhor do Bonfim
Church of Our Lady of Penha
Church and Hospice of Our Lady of the Good Journey (Igreja e Hospício de Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem)
Church and Monastery of Our Lady of Monserrate (Igreja e Mosteiro de Nossa Senhora do Monte Serrat)
Fort of Monserrate (Forte do Monte Serrat)
Dom Pedro II Home
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References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Penha e Palácio de Verão dos Arcebispos (Salvador, BA)". Brasília: Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Bens Tombados Na Bahia" (in Portuguese). Salvador, Brazil: IPAC. 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Azevedo, Paulo Ormindo de (2018). "Salvador". Lisbon, Portugal: Heritage of Portuguese Influence/Património de Influência Portuguesa. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
^ NAVARRO, E. A. Método moderno de tupi antigo. 3ª edição. São Paulo. Global. 2003. 463 p.

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[i-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Penha e Palácio de Verão dos Arcebispos (Salvador, BA)". Brasília: Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional. Retrieved 2017-02-14.

[ipac-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Bens Tombados Na Bahia" (in Portuguese). Salvador, Brazil: IPAC. 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-23.

[hpip-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Azevedo, Paulo Ormindo de (2018). "Salvador". Lisbon, Portugal: Heritage of Portuguese Influence/Património de Influência Portuguesa. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

[n-4] NAVARRO, E. A. Método moderno de tupi antigo. 3ª edição. São Paulo. Global. 2003. 463 p.

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