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Municipal Public Archive of Feira de Santana

Municipal Public Archive of Feira de Santana Municipal Public Archive of Feira de Santana - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Municipal Public Archive of Feira de Santana () or (), is a former school and public archive in Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil. It is located within the Historic Center of Feira de Santana, was built in 1917, and inaugurated in 1918. The archive holds over 200,000 documents; its collection includes detailed records of the trade of enslaved Africans in the municipality. The building of the Municipal Public Archive of Feira de Santana was listed as a state heritage site by the Institute of Artistic and Cultural Heritage of Bahia in 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

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