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Lacerda’s Elevator accessibility
Lacerda’s Elevator accessibility
So, I saw an image of a narrow tower attached to a walkway overlooking a beautiful bay and it got me interested enough to find out it is called Lacerda’s Elevator in Salvador, Brazil. I assumed that because it was an elevator, it should be accessible…. but, it is really old, so who knows!
On the Salvador tourist website it suggests “Accessibility: path with difficulties and very high parapet for wheelchair” but not sure exactly what that means…
I doubt I’ll ever get there, but am still interested to know if it is accessible!
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Yes, this is a quite famous touristic point in Salvador, Bahia.
It’s the first public urban elevator in the world, build in 1873.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN1RS7sVz3gI think they mean there’s a high wall blocking the low view that could be hard for wheelchair users to see. This video is not so good but maybe gives us an idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1DbJ0O3Ap0
The building seems accessible though. 🙂
Thank you so much! I see what you mean about the height for the second video with the guy in the wheelchair.
Great view (if you can see it!)
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