Picture a holiday to Brazil and most likely, your mind jumps to the mountain-lined beaches of Rio de Janeiro. Perhaps it transports you to the bustling cultural centre of São Paulo instead. Or maybe, ...

The historic centre of Pelourinho is located in the south-western corner of the city that has 3 million people. Most of the population of Salvador have their roots from African slaves who were brought ...

Salvador, the Afro-Brazilian heartland, is a hub of music, food and tradition. São Marcelo Fort, at center, a 17th-century fortress, sits in the old port of Salvador, Brazil. At right is the Mercado ...

One morning in 1987, the architect Lina Bo Bardi met a colleague at her home in the suburbs of São Paulo with a shoebox and a message: ‘Give this to Lelé [the nickname of architect João Filgueiras ...