Tourist crushed to death as roof of Brazilian church Sao Francisco Church and Convent in Salvador caves in

Giulia Panchoni Righetto was at the World Heritage listed Sao Francisco Church and Convent in Salvador, Brazil, on February 5 when the roof of the Baroque masterpiece collapsed.

Her body was found under layers of roof beams and ornate plasterwork and identified by one of three friends she had been with.

Only hours earlier Giulia, a food marketing expert from the city of Ribeirao Preto, posted a picture of a visit to another nearby historic site at the St Marcelo sea fort in Salvador, on social media. Giulia loved to travel and often posted pictures of her trips to popular destinations, such as Italy, Spain and Croatia.

Grim phone footage of the aftermath of the collapse shows the church floor covered in wooden beams and thick plasterwork with thick dust hanging in the air.

State fire chief Colonel Adson Marchesini said that five other visitors, two of them foreign tourists, were injured in the collapse.

Work on the convent was completed in 1723, at the site of a previous church and convent built by the friars of the Franciscan Order that were destroyed by Dutch invaders in the 17th century.

It is also known as the "golden church" for its lavish golden Baroque interior, covered in intricate wood carvings and gold leaf.

Story: NewsX