Porto Seguro is located on Bahia´s south coast close to the mouth of the Buranhaém River.
Who gave the name Porto Seguro to the city was no one less than Pero Vaz de Caminha.
After having sighted the hump of
Monte Pascoal
some kilometers further south, the crew of
Pedro Álvares Cabral sailed north for three days and finally anchored at a large bay of deep waters,
at a place that was later called Baía Cabrália where presently is situated the town
Santa Cruz Cabrália.
On the cliffs north of Porto Seguro lay the ruins of Brazil's first church and a little further north,
at Coroa Vermelha, an enormous cross marks the spot, where the first mass was celebrated.
