Porto_da_Barra_Beach

Porto da Barra Beach

Porto da Barra Beach

Beach in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Porto da Barra Beach is located in Barra neighborhood in the city of Salvador, Brazil. It is located at the entrance of the Baía de Todos os Santos (Bay of All Saints), is 300 metres (980 ft), and ranges between numerous Portuguese colonial-period military fortifications.[1] The southern range of the beach is on a slope just above of the Barra Lighthouse at Santo Antônio da Barra Fort; the northern range of the beach is at São Diogo Fort. The Santa Maria Fort extends from a point near the southern end of the beach. The beach, unlike the bay, has calm water. It is one of the few west-facing beaches in Brazil and attracts numerous residents and tourists to watch the sunset.[2]

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Porto da Barra was the site of Bahia's first European settlement, Vila Velha, or the Old Village. The Marco da Fundação da Cidade do Salvador, a marble column and panel of azulejo tiles, was placed at the north of the beach to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Portuguese in Bahia.[2]

The beach was a popular hangout for the Tropicalistas in the 1960s, notably Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil. Veloso's song Qual é Baiana? is inspired by the beach.

The Porto da Barra Beach suffers from marine pollution due to the underdeveloped sewage system of Salvador and inadequate garbage collection.[3][1]

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References

  1. [1]
    Sérgio P. de Santana Neto; Iracema R. Silva; Maria B. Cerqueira; Moacir S. Tinôco (June 2011). "Perfil sócio-econômico de usuários de praia e percepção sobre a poluição por lixo marinho: Praia do Porto da Barra, BA, Brasil". Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (in Portuguese). 11 (2): 197–206. doi:10.5894/RGCI240. ISSN 1646-8872. Wikidata Q107568568.
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    Márcia Maria Couto Mello; Luan Britto Azevedo; Lays Britto Azevedo (2018). "A imagem da Barra, em Salvador, entre os séculos XVI e XXI". Rua (in Portuguese). 24 (2). doi:10.20396/RUA.V24I2.8653878. ISSN 1413-2109. Wikidata Q107568635.
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    Luciano Da Silva Alves; Isabela Santos Rabelo (June 2019). "Avaliação da balneabilidade das Praias do Farol da Barra e Porto da Barra, Salvador (BA)". Natural Resources (in Portuguese). 9 (1): 38–46. doi:10.6008/CBPC2237-9290.2019.001.0005. ISSN 2237-9290. Wikidata Q107568599.
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