Church of Our Lady of Penha

The Church of Our Lady of Penha (Portuguese: Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Penha, also Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Penha da Itapagipe and Nossa Senhora da Penha de França) is an 18th-century Roman Catholic church in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The church is located in the neighborhood and constructed in 1742 as an extension of the Summer Palace of the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia. The church sits at the end of the Itapagipe Peninsula and faces the Bay of All Saints. The Church of Our Lady of Penha was listed as a historic structure by the National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute in 1941.

Church of Our Lady of Penha

The Church of Our Lady of Penha (Portuguese: Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Penha, also Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Penha da Itapagipe and Nossa Senhora da Penha de França) is an 18th-century Roman Catholic church in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The church is located in the neighborhood and constructed in 1742 as an extension of the Summer Palace of the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia. The church sits at the end of the Itapagipe Peninsula and faces the Bay of All Saints. The Church of Our Lady of Penha was listed as a historic structure by the National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute in 1941.