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Vasco CoutinhoVasco Coutinho is the name of the founder of the state of Esprito Santo. He was born in Portugal. He was later amongst the first 12 volunteers from Portugal to come to the newly discovered land which came to be known as Brazil. He was presented the area which became Esprito Santo, but he was a military man by trade, and despite him administering the colony for 25 years Administration of the Colony Vasco Coutinho din't make much progress in comparison to other contemporary colonies. He did found today's capital Vitria and the first capital, today known as Vila Velha. It was during his administration that Esprito Santo's first two churches were founded. Those churces were So Joo, in Vila Velha and also Rosrio Church founded in 1551, also in Vila Velha, and still standing today.
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