Source: WTL photograph© on site in Rio de Janeiro.
Comments: Interior of the Igreja de São Francisco da Penitência (Church of St. Francis of Penitence), which was built between 1657 and 1772.
Humanities question: (a) During what period was this church built? (b) What is this style called? (c) What are the characteristics of this style? (d) What does this church tell us about the relative prosperity of the Rio de Janeiro region of Brazil at that time and nowadays?