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"The House
Casa Di Vina is the house where one of the great icons of Brazilian culture, Vinicius de Moraes, lived in Bahia. Delighted by the land diversity and inebriated with love for the actress Gessy Gesse, Vinicius moved to Itapuã in the early 70’s, living there a very inspired phase of his life. Preserved in its original architecture, the house today houses the Casa di Vina Memorial, open to the public, free, where objects, photos and documents of the couple’s history and of the poet’s little known passage by Bahia are exposed. During the visit one can also appreciate old sculptures and tiles by the artist Udo Knoff and the panel painted by Bel Borba in honor of Vinicius' friendship with the painter Calasans Neto.
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BUMBUM POOL
Right at the entrance to the poet's house, visitors can admire a beautiful butt-shaped pool with colorful tiles painted by German ceramicist Udo Knoff. On the edge, visitors can touch and appreciate the exotic blue Macaúbas quartzite, a stone found only in the Bahian city of Macaúbas. This pool was renovated in 2024 with the support of Minas Gerais restorer Eliana Mello, the greatest Udo expert in Brazil.
VINICIUS
One of the great names of the Bossa Nova, Vinicius de Moraes composed the lyric of the song which was for some years the second most performed in the world, Garota de Ipanema. Vinicius was born in Rio in 1913, but certainly left this world in 1980 as a “Bahian”, leaving Brazilian culture an invaluable heritage. He lived a life of complete and impassioned abandonment as an incorrigible bohemian. He got married nine times and when asked by his friend Tom Jobim how many times he would get married, he said “as many as necessary”. About himself, he used to say felt like “in a labyrinth in search of a way out”. Searching this way he found in the magic of Itapuã a safe haven in the arms of Gesse, his divine home.
FRIENDS
In the 70s, the presence of Vinicius moviment even more the effervescent cultural scene of Salvador. The life and work of the poet were also enriched by the coexistence of friends like Jorge Amado, Dorival Caymmi, Batatinha, Calasans Neto, Auta Rosa, Carlos Bastos, Camafeu de Oxóssi, Nilda Spencer, Rubinho dos Carnavais, Olga de Alaketu, Walter Queiróz, among many other Bahians.
AFTERNOON IN ITAPUÃ
Toquinho says he found the poem ‘Tarde em Itapuã' still in Vina's typewriter. He asked to make music, but the poet refused because he wanted to give it to Caymmi. The night before his departure to São Paulo, he stole the lyrics from Vinicus returning to Bahia three days later with the music. He captivated the poet and together they sang throughout the world, the famous and magical beach of Itapuá. So many other famous songs, such as “Onde Anda Você” and “Tonga da Mironga do Kabuletê”, were composed that time." - https://lnkd.in/dC9kVpYd
