Mata de São João is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.

[2][3][4] De Sousa d'Ávila also became one of the largest land owners in the Americas; its holdings extended from Bahia to present-day Maranhão in the north.

The Casa da Torre established numerous sugarcane plantations in the Bahia region and cattle ranches in Sergipe and the semi-arid sertão of São Francisco.

The Casa da Torre was also a center of enslavement of native Brazilians and the importation of African slaves.

[2][3] Mata de São João hosted Croatia national football team during their stay in Brazil at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.