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Cathedral of Salvador
Praca XV, s/n - Terreiro de Jesus | Centro, Salvador, State of Bahia, Brazil Phone: 71 3321 4573About
The Cathedral Basilica of Salvador, officially dedicated to the Transfiguration of Christ and named Primatial Cathedral Basilica of the Transfiguration of the Lord is the seat of the Archbishop of the city of Salvador , in the State of Bahia , in Brazil . The Archbishop of Salvador is also ex officio Primate of Brazil . In its origins the present cathedral building was the church of the Jesuit Order of Salvador. The Jesuits arrived in the city still in the 16th century and built a first church and college. In the second half of the 17th century the Jesuits built a new church - the one that exists today in the Mannerist style then fashionable in Portugal. The façade is very similar to contemporary Portuguese churches like the Jesuit Church of Coimbra.
