Gabriela's town
The novel's world.
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Ilhéus is a city on Bahia's southern coast, 211 km south of Salvador, founded in 1534 as the Vila de São Jorge dos Ilhéus and once one of the world's biggest cocoa exporters. That cocoa wealth, with its struggles over land and power, became the stuff of the novels of Jorge Amado, a son of the region, among them «Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon» and «The Violent Land». In the historic centre you walk among the landmarks of the novels and the cocoa age: the Bar Vesúvio made famous by «Gabriela», the mother church of São Jorge, the Cathedral of São Sebastião, the Bataclan building, the old port, the Ilhéos Hotel, the first building with a lift in the interior of the Northeast, and the Municipal Theatre, restored after falling into ruin. Walking the centre is free, and it also holds the Casa de Cultura Jorge Amado, which has its own page. The city's airport is a gateway to Itacaré and other beaches.
The novel's world.
On the square.
The cocoa age.
Central Ilhéus, southern Bahia coast, 211 km south of Salvador
It is the town of his novel «Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon», and its historic centre holds landmarks from the book and the Casa de Cultura Jorge Amado.
