Town Hall and Prison of Jaguaripe
Jaguaripe, Brazil · built 1697
The Town Hall and Prison of Jaguaripe (Paço Municipal de Jaguaripe) is an 18th-century municipal building in Jaguaripe, Bahia, Brazil. It was inaugurated in 1697 and served as a town hall, prison, and occasional housing for military troops. The structure is visible from much of the surrounding region, and served as a model for town halls built both in the Recôncavo and sertão regions of Bahia in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was listed as a historic structure by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage in 1941 and remains a municipal building of Jaguaripe. By tradition the prison had a cellar, the "Prison of Salt" (Prisão do Sal), a dungeon that flooded according to the tides of the river.
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