one higher towards the convent. The conical hooded chimney of the kitchen remains. A well was located at the far end of the convent; an aqueduct delivered water to the kitchen. Frontispiece The frontispiece of the Church of Saint Antony represented a new design; it spread widely to Franciscan churches in the Northeast of Brazil. Its design, closely following the independence of the Franciscans in Brazil from those in Portugal, was like a "resounding like a cry for freedom." Tower The church tower sits back from the church and convent. It has an octagonal dome. Church The frontispiece is in the Baroque style and faces the river. It has a wide covered gallery with five semi-circular arches, three of them occupied by wooden doors. Five choir windows are above the portals. In contrast, the façades of the convent and the Church of the Third Order are, in comparison, sober. The pinnacle of the façade is in three parts with five semi-circular arches. The flaming rococo pediments, according to the art historian Germain Bazin, display elements of Chinese architecture, probably via the influence of architecture in the Portuguese colony of Macau. A bell tower rises above the right side of the church; it is recessed from the façade. The design of the church is similar to that of the convents of Carmo, Graça and Desterro, in Salvador, all constructed in the same period. The church plan is typical to others of the period; it has a rectangular plan with a single nave with two side aisles superposed by tribunes and a cross sacristy. Its side corridors are superposed by tribunes and a deep chapel. The church interior was richly decorated, but very little remains of its original decoration. Protected status The lavabo of the church was listed by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage in 1938; the site of the ruins of the convent and church were listed as a historic structure at a later date. Access The ruins of the church and convent are open to the public and may be visited. See also Catholic Church in Brazil References Ruins in Brazil Roman Catholic churches in Bahia Convents in Brazil 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Brazil National heritage sites of Bahia Portuguese colonial architecture in Brazil 1658 establishments in South America Former churches in Brazil