Itaparica

Itaparica is a municipality positioned in the Brazilian island of the identical name in the country of Bahia. The municipality covers 13 in step with cent of the island; the remainder belongs to the municipality of Vera Cruz. The municipality of Itaparica has a populace of is 22,114 and covers a place of 115.922 rectangular kilometres. The preliminary Portuguese settlement of the Island of Itaparica was at Baiacu, now part of the municipality of Vera Cruz. The island have become an vital source of sugarcane production inside the new colony of Brazil.

It became occupied by means of the Dutch between 1600 and 1647; they constructed the Forte de Sao Lourenco in this period. The settlement across the citadel have become a small agreement at the island that now makes up the Historic Center of Itaparica. The historic middle consists of the Church of Saint Lawrence, which become built prior to the Dutch occupation; and Parish Church of the Blessed Sacrament. The church buildings, along with the historical middle and citadel, are unique federal historical sites by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage.