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The Pivô, in partnership with the Prefeitura de Salvador, presents Visit #1 of the Circuito Lina on March 27 (Friday), starting at 9:30 am. The program initiates a new chapter in the reactivation of Coaty through walks and guided visits that invite participants to engage in routes and conversations shaped by different readings of the Ladeira da Misericórdia.
With trajectories rooted in the Ladeira da Conceição da Praia and Ladeira da Preguiça, Edmilson Rodrigues dos Santos, Marcelo Teles and Nilma Santos lead a route that weaves these hillsides together with the Ladeira da Misericórdia, bringing forth neighborhood relations marked by continuities, ruptures and struggles that define the daily lives of residents and workers in the slopes of the Historic Center.
The stories of Seu Edmilson, shaped over decades under the arches of Conceição and through his lifelong connection with Misericórdia, intertwine with the recent experiences of Marcelo and Nilma at the Centro Cultural Que Ladeira é Essa? on Ladeira da Preguiça, where cultural practices and community actions contribute to sustaining the vitality of the territory. Through these narratives, the walk becomes a space for the active production of memory.
In this sense, the first walk of the program is conceived as a gesture of proximity that recognizes Misericórdia as an integral part of a living territory, where memory, presence and imagination continue to produce the city in the present.
The visit is open and free of charge and, at this moment, is aimed at researchers and individuals interested in urban history, memory and territory. The number of spots is limited and corresponds to the access conditions and restrictions of the site, due to ongoing construction works. Registration was carried out via an online form, and participants were selected on a first-come, first-served basis.
Each walk is led by different guests, bringing their own research focuses and singular relationships with the territory, whether through architecture, urban history, cultural and social practices, memory or lived experiences in the city.
Acknowledgements to the Prefeitura de Salvador, especially the Secretaria de Cultura e Turismo.
📍Circuito Lina Visit #1
March 27 (Friday), 9:30 am
Free registration via online form
Marcelo Teles is a cultural producer, Black movement and human rights activist, and community organizer working in Salvador’s Historic Center. He is the founder of Centro Cultural Que Ladeira é Essa?, located at Ladeira da Preguiça, where he develops socio-cultural initiatives focused on territorial valorization, political education, and strengthening residents’ permanence in the face of exclusion and urban speculation.
His trajectory connects culture, memory, and social mobilization, affirming the hillside as a living space of resistance and collective production.
Nilma Santos is a cultural producer, designer, and art director based in Salvador. She is the general coordinator of Centro Cultural Que Ladeira é Essa?, located at Ladeira da Preguiça, where she develops projects focused on territorial valorization, community mobilization, and independent cultural production.
Her practice brings together creation, cultural management, and fieldwork, through initiatives that strengthen local networks and promote transformations in the daily life of the historic center.
Edmilson Rodrigues dos Santos is a metalworker and master artisan based at Ladeira da Conceição da Praia in Salvador, where he has been active for around five decades. Trained through practice, he began as an apprentice at a young age and became a key reference among the arch workers, recognized both for his expertise in ironwork and for his role as a community leader.
His trajectory is closely tied to the preservation of artisanal knowledge and the continuity of traditional practices in the Historic Center, contributing to the safeguarding of local memory and permanence in the territory.
