Salvador's middle class are pleased to see Pelourinho restored, but they don't go there.

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Paulo Gaudenzi, Bahia's tourism secretary, claims visitors spend an extra day there, on average, and Pelourinho has generated 15, 500 jobs.

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At night, Pelourinho throbs with life, with restaurants, bars and Afro-Brazilian music.

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But time was short: Pelourinho risked becoming a ruin.

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Salvador was the first colonial capital of Brazil and its central district, Pelourinho, now a UNESCO world heritage site, was the New World's first slave market from 1553, according to UNESCO.

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Pelourinho's economy remains fragile.

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