fundação casa de jorge amado

Unfortunately it was closed for visit when i was in Salvador, but this is a must in Salvador. this talks about the city's history of slaves import and sale.

If you have read some of Jorge Amado's novels, this is a must see place to go to. A lot of explanations are in Portuguese but it is still a very fascinating place to visit to get to know more about this Brazilian writer.

If you are familiar with this novelist then the museum has descriptions of his writings (and in English) throughout and you will appreciate what is here. Also excellent view of the old city from the upper windows.

Jorge Amado was a great author with plenty of masterpieces. His museum is didactic but very simple. The foreign people who does not know him will leave with a wrong impression.

This museum is dedicated to the life and literary work of the great Jorge Amado. If you do not know who he is, please take this opportunity to correct this little scar in your cultural skin. If you know who he is, enjoy for one hour, recalling the extraordinary novels he wrote and the beautiful human being he was.

An agttractive, very informative exhibition (thankfully with English translations) which encouraged us to look for his titles to read. The prices of English-language ones at the shop were prohibitive- double the price in local currency.

Jorge Amado was one of the most famous Brazilian modern writers. His work has been translated in many languages and many of his novels were turn into movies. Fundacao J. Amado is a beautiful light blue building in the heart of the Pelourinho, the historical center of Salvador de Bahia. Inside the museum you have documents and panels about the life and works of this great character, that is one of my favourite writes. Very nice!

This is a very interesting museum which is actually Brazilian writer Jorge Amado's former house right smack in the center of the Pelhourinho district. Don't see how he got any work done! It has many of his artifacts, his typewriter, etc., and histories of all his novels. Folks who haven't read Amado may not be very interested, but if you're in Bahia, this writer captures Brazil, and specifically Bahia, like no other. Recommend a visit for Amado fans.

In the middle of Pelourinho, Casa de Jorge Amado hosts a history of the writer with objects, manuscripts, book covers and other memorabilia. You can get most of his books here (which are often hard to procure even in Brazil). And awesome acarajé right in front.

Since you will be in the Pelourinho, is worth going to visit the home of one of the most renowned names in Brazilian literature.

Right at the top of Pelorinho, the Jorge Amado museum, even if you never heard of this great writer, commands a superb view of the historical centre. Inside you get to see a great display of the life and works of Amado with very interesting pieces that belonged to the writer and a chronological presentation of his every work. On the ground floor there is a great little cafe and from the many first floor windows you get that unique picture of the 'ladeira'. I'd say it's a must!

The museum is lovely. There are a lot of employees that are bilingual, so it really helps when you want to know more about something. There is an upstairs view of the city, and its absolutely beautiful. The museum has a good collection of Jorge Amado's belongings and works. It's worth the visit.

Museums after all allows you to understand the history of the place and the transformation that has taken place, and this is exactly what Jorge Amado Museum does. Totally impresssive is the laboratory and mini infirmary, plenty of diseases been treated in the past with limited diagonastic equipment and antibiotics!!!. the display of furniture and its grandeur brings a similarity between Portugal and salvador. Visit to Pelourinho not completed without a visit to this small museum.

To be very honest it was nice been there a great source of information what I did not like was the safety as I saw a bad man Taking with a gun the tablet of a tourist I did not like it

Right in the main square of Pelourinho close to Rosario Church...you feel the hood there in your veins...Jorge Amado had Salvador as his inspiration paradise. And visiting his museum is the best way to find out more about this great brazilian character. He wrote one of the masterpiece of our literature: TIETA