I-Elevador Lacerda, enye yezindawo ezikhangayo ezenziwe ngabantu eziseBrazil, ihlanganisa iSalvador Ephansi nephakeme. Ekucubungulweni kwayo kwamanje, uphawu lokugcina lwamamitha angu-191 olunezinkampani ezine ezibhekene noBaia de Todos os Santos futhi ezibalwe yi-IPHAN (i-National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute) zaqala ngo-1930. Leprojekthi yokuqala yayibizwa nge-Elevador Hidráulico da Conceição futhi yakhiwa phakathi kuka-1869 no-1873 ngenxa yokuhweba kwembono ka-Antonio de Lacerda kanye nomfowabo, unjiniyela u-Augusto Frederico de Lacerda.
I-elevator yabizwa kabusha ngo-1896.
E-Lower Salvador (Cidade Baixa), i-elevator iseduze neMercado Modelo; eningizimu, isithombe sikaMacro Cravo Junior sihlonipha umlando wemakethe.
E-Upper Salvador (Cidade Alta), ukungena kwe-elevator kusePraça Tomé de Souza, isikwele esisodwa esendaweni eya ePelourinho nasendaweni yomlando wePalácio Rio Branco noCâmaara de Vereadores (noma iPaço Municipal) kanye njengoPalácio Tomé de Souza, iHholo Lomuzi lendawo. I-shaft elevishini ayiyona i-panoramic; isiteji sokufika esiqongweni futhi isikwele kukhona amaphuzu akho okubheka kulo mbono omangalisayo.
Emibhoshini yasekuqaleni (eyodwa eyodwa enezingqimba kanye neyeyodwa) yaguqa edwaleni lamakilabhu amabili okuqala, umbhoshongo ongaphambili kanye nokufinyelela ibhuloho enezithuba zamamitha angu-71 wanezelwa. Izakhiwo ezintsha zakhiwe engaphansi konyaka futhi zavulwa ngo-1930. Ukwandiswa nokulungiswa, okwakunikeza i-elevator ubuciko be-art-deco, yahilela i-Otis Inkampani nomdwebi waseDenmark uFleming Thiesen futhi yaqinisa ochwepheshe bezokwakhiwa kokhonkolo Christian-Nielsen.
Okunye ukuthuthukiswa emlandweni we-elevator kufaka ukushintshwa kwamanzi okusebenza kwamandla kagesi ngo-1906, ukubuyekezwa okuyinhloko kwesakhiwo sekhonkolo kanye nesistimu ye-elekthronikhi neyegesi, nokufakwa kwesistimu yokukhanyisa yangaphandle.
I-elevator yandulelwe izixazululo zokuthutha kwabantu kanye nemithwalo ethandana nezikhathi zamakholoni.
Ngokusho kwe-IPHAN, kunezikhombo zakuqala zangekhulu le-17 kuGuindaste da Fazenda, indiza enyathelisiwe eyathuthukiswa ngesikhathi kusetshenziswa amaDutch eSalvador ngo-1624-1625 futhi eyasetshenziselwa ukuhamba phakathi kwechweba kanye namasiko okuqala edolobha edolobheni lamanje lePraça Tomé de Souza.
NgoSeptemba 2011, abaphathi bomuzi bamemezela ukuthi u-Elevador Lacerda uyabunikazi. Phakathi kwalezi zinguquko ukuphakama kokuhamba kusuka ku-R $ 0,15 kuya ku-R $ 0,50.
Elevador Lacerda:
Indawo: Praça Cayru (Cidade Baixa) noPraça Tomé de Souza (Cidade Alta)
Amahora: 6 ekuseni kuya ku-11 ntambama
Ukufinyeleleka kwezihlalo zabakhubazekile
Funda kabanzi mayelana neSalvador ezikhangayo ku-Official Salvador Guide.