THE FIRST BRASILIAN CAPITAL PELOURINHO • SALVADOR • BAHIA 1 of 2 Salvador was the Brazilian capital for 214 years, between 1549 and 1763. Its choice was determined by the strategic position that the Bay of All Saints represented for Portuguese navigators, since most of the extracted Brazilwood was drained there. In 1549, the Portuguese government instituted the system of general governments in Brazil, sending Tomé de Souza to occupy the post of first governor general. It was he who founded the capital, on a hill where a village had once been, and determined that the city follow a previous path. Salvador became a port of support for navigations to the East and also a sugar exporting port, since sugarcane was cultivated in Recôncavo Baiano and in the Zona da Mata do Nordeste. The exploitation of gold and precious stones from the eighteenth century, and the need for flow and supervision of extraction, led to the transfer of the capital to Rio de Janeiro in 1763. #pelourinho #salvador #bahia #brasil #firstcapital #primeiracapitaldobrasil #1549 #tomédesouza #paubrasil #bahiadetodosossantos #reconcavobahiano #zonadamatanorte #1763 #history #heritage #culture (at Salvador, Bahia, Brazil) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5odkwKHFkt/?igshid=c7owlwe6cik6