Hansen Bahia
Woodcut prints.
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The Hansen Bahia Museum in Cachoeira stands in the house where Ana Nery was born on 13 December 1814, the pioneer of nursing in Brazil and a heroine of the Paraguayan War, who went to the front as a nurse to be near her conscripted sons. The 18th-century house was listed by the national heritage institute in 1941 and passed to the state of Bahia in 1952. It has two floors and an attic, built of mixed stone and brick, with wattle-and-daub partitions inside and a side passage linking the rooms to kitchens in an annex; unusually for its time, its ground floor was a home rather than a shop. The museum shows the work of Hansen Bahia, the German-born woodcut artist who took Bahia as his name and home. His collection is run by a foundation created in 1976 that holds thousands of works and woodblocks, split between this museum and the Fazenda Santa Bárbara in São Félix. Check times before visiting.
Woodcut prints.
Nursing pioneer.
Listed 1941.
Central Cachoeira, Bahia
Casa de Câmara e Cadeia (Cachoeira)The Town Hall and Jail of Cachoeira is an 18th-century municipal building in the2 minutes walk4.6
Historic Centre of CachoeiraCachoeira is a historic town on the left bank of the Paraguaçu river in the Recô3 minutes walk4.8
Ponte Dom Pedro IIThe Imperial Dom Pedro II Bridge is an iron bridge over the Paraguaçu river link7 minutes walk4.5
Mercado Municipal de São FélixThe Municipal Market of São Félix is a historic market in the town of São Félix,8 minutes walk4.1A German-born woodcut artist who took Bahia as his name and home; a foundation has kept his work since 1976.