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Praça da Matriz

The heart of the colonial settlement, this spacious hilltop plaza contains the best-preserved pelourinho (whipping post) in Brazil and the evocative shell of the 17th-century church Igreja de São Matias. A couple of 18th-century mansions on the west side of the square have been turned into museums.

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