Igreja do Boqueirão (Church of Boqueirao), Salvador

The Church of the Third Order of Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Boqueirão dos Homens Pardos is a Catholic temple built in 1727 and located in the neighborhood of Santo Antônio in Salvador.

Its construction started in 1727 to house the Brotherhood of N. Sra. of the Conception of Brown Men. Until then, this Brotherhood occupied the Mother Church of Santo Antônio. The building was completed only between the end of the 18th century and the mid-19th century, with the implementation of the towers.

The plan of the church is composed of two floors, ground floor and first floor, as well as two basements. On the ground floor are located the nave, the side aisles and the sacristy at the back. On the upper floor are the galleries. the choir and consistory room. The last basement is used as a catacomb in the 19th century.

On its main façade, there are two towers flanking the central body, which follows the Rococo style. Its tiled pediment, characteristic of churches of that time in Bahia, is decorated with volutes and a shell-shaped niche. Its towers have oculus and end with a bulb and pinnacles, in an octagonal shape. One of the towers is a bell tower.

Inside it is decorated in neoclassical and baroque style. It has three altars richly covered in gold and the carving work was carried out by Joaquim Francisco de Mattos and Antônio de Souza Santa Rosa. Its floor is white and gray marble. The ceiling of the nave is attributed to a disciple of José Joaquim da Rocha, who executed a painting following his style, the baroque illusionist perspective.