Association of Residents and Friends of the Historic Centre (AMACH)

Dating from the sixteenth century, the community of Pelourinho is located in the historical city centre of Salvador, and is a highly significant heritage resource, as Salvador is the original capital of Brazil. In 1985 Pelourinho was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site, partly in response to the increasingly decayed physical state of the area’s architecture during the second half of the twentieth century but also as a result of the main administrative and commercial activities being relocated to other parts of the city, leading to the outflow of wealthier residents and a lack of investment in Pelourinho. Subsequently, with