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"The poet Vinicius de Morais (1913-1980) came to live in Itapuã in the early 1970s with his beloved actress Gessy Gesse from Bahia. He lived here for about six years, initially in a rented house, and then in his own home in Itapuã. The couple was accompanied by the Bahian cook Maria Dolores Scher.
The Monument in Praça Vinicius de Morais was created by the Bahian artist Juarez Paraíso and had the collaboration of Márcia Magno, Renato Viana and Paula Magno. The square was inaugurated in a solemn event on October 19, 2003, the year he would have turned 90. It is located near the Itapuã Lighthouse.
The bronze sculpture of Vinicius is life-size. An empty chair next to it invites visitors to take pictures with the poet. There are also ten 0.90 x 1.60 totems in the square, where the poet's compositions are engraved.
Near the square is the house that Vinicius built and lived in, designed by Bahian architects and his friends Jamison Pedra and Sílvio Robatto (1936 - 2008), a professor at the School of Fine Arts at UFBA. In 1974, the year it was built, he wrote the poem A Casa, dedicated to "Gesse, my wife and my friend, and to the workers who built the house, where before there was only ground", "A Bahian house, made by Bahians to shelter Your maximum, dreamed-of Bahianness". The house currently operates as a hotel
Vinicius composed, with his partner Toquinho, some memorable songs about Bahia. In 1972, Vinicius, Toquinho and Clara Nunes performed the show O Poeta, a Moça e o Violão, at the Castro Alves Theater.." - http://www.bahia-turismo.com/salvador/itapua/vinicius.htm
