Recife

Recife , capital y Pernambuco, biggest important cities northeastern coast Brazil. This lively capital, originally founded y Dutch colonizers, brimming vibrant culture, interesting (which includes oldest synagogue Americas) beveryes.

Beveryes

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Churches

Convento Franciscano Santo Antônio (Franciscan Convent Saint Anthony). Rua Imperador Pedro II, Santo Antônio, (Centro), . Op: Mon-Fri 8AM-11:30AM 2PM-5PM, Sat 8AM-11:30AM. one city's biggest attractions, convent containing ostentatious Capela Dourada (Golden Chapel), which certainly lives p . Built 1588, beautiful baroque churches Brazil. Altar g covered engravings, beautiful paintings ceiling impressive amount Portuguese-style tiled panels. The one and only convent houses Museu Franciscano Arte Sagrada (Franciscan Museum Sacred Art).

Sao Pedro Clérigos (Saint Peter Clerics Cathedral). Pátio Sao José (Centro), . Built between 1728 1782, cathedral charming Saint Peter Square, surrounded y colorful colonial buildings. It replica Santa Maria Maggiore Sanctuary Rome. Rosewood altar; pulpit engraved g; wooden ceiling sculpted images Saint Peter, twelve apostles evangelists. Blend baroque , 16 century mannerism, rococo neoclassic elements.

Nossa Senhora Carmo (Our Lady Carmel Basilica Convent). Avenida Dantas Barreto, Santo Antônio (Centro), . Op: Mo-Fr 7AM-7PM, Sa 7AM-noon, Su 8AM- 6PM-9PM. Built between 1710-1767, where Boa Vista Palace built y Dutch governor Northeastern Brazil stood. A religious collection visited. Baroque style; altar g engravings crowns g precious stones. one rooms covered Portuguese tiles.

Santissimo Sacramento - Matriz de Santo Antônio (Holy Sacrament - Saint Anthony Mother Church). Praca Independencia, Santo Antônio (Centro). Op: daily, 7AM- 2PM-6PM. Built between 1753 1790, church manueline/baroque style. Interior decorated enormous crystal chandelier images Saint Anthony Saint Sebastian.

Nossa Senhora Rosário Homens Pretos (Our Lady Rosary Black Men). Rua Estreita Rosário, Santo Antônio (Centro). Op: Mo-Fr 9AM-1:30PM 2:30PM-6PM, Sat 8AM-. Erected y African-Brazilian slaves 17 century. Main wooden altar engraved g; lateral altars display images 18 century.

Madre Deus (Mother God). Rua Madre Deus, Recife Antigo (Centro), x- Paco Alfandega Shopping Mall, .: +55 81 3224-5587. Op: Tu-Fr 8AM- 2PM-5PM, Sat-Sun 9AM-.

Nossa Senhora da Conceicao Militares (Our Lady Conception Military). Rua Nova, 309, Santo Antônio (Centro), .: +55 81 3224-3106, . Built 1726. The one and only 1781 ceiling paintings depict Guararapes Battle against Dutch. Leaders Praieira Revolution Paraguay War burried church. The one and only church houses Museu Arte Sacra Padre Roberto Barbalho (Father Roberto Barbalho Museum Sacred Art).

Santa Cruz (Holy Cross). Pátio Santa Cruz, Boa Vista (Centro). Built between 1725 1732. Parts movie Lisbela Prisioneiro (2003) square front church.

Nossa Senhora Pilar (1733). Praca Monsenhor Joao Castilho Barbosa, (Centro), .: +55 31 3551-4736. This church Ouro Preto's highly decorated building, interior p 400 g leafs. Also houses Museu Arte Sacra.

Museums (Historic Interest)

Ricardo Brennand Institute. Alameda Antônio Brennand, Várzea (Zona Oeste), .: +55 81 2121-0352 / +55 81 2121-0365, . Op: Tu-Su, 1PM-5PM. Holds y impressive collection Brazilian European historical artifacts 15 19 centuries. Special attention given period Dutch occupation Recife Northeastern Brazil. Highly Recommended.

Museum Northeastern Man. Museu Homem Nordeste, Avenida 17 Agosto, 2187, Casa Forte (Zona Norte), .: +55 81 3441-5500 ( "Dois Irmaos" front Central Post Office downtown, driver y ), . Part Fundacao Joaquim Nabuco. This fantastic museum depicts various arts, traditions, history Northeast Brazil. The one and only displays divided among three sections, focusing sugar, arts, anthropology. It' located suburbs, worth .

Museum State Pernambuco. Museu Estado Pernambuco, Avenida Rui Barbosa, 960, Gracas (Zona Norte), .: +55 81 3427-9322 3427-0766, . Op: Tu-Fr 10AM-5PM, Sa-Su 2PM-5PM.

Museum City Recife. Museu Cidade Recife, Forte Cinco Pontas, Sao José (Centro), .: +55 81 3224-8492. Op: M-Fr 9AM-6PM, Sa-Su 1PM-5PM. Located 17 century Cinco Pontas Fortress.

Military Museum. Museu Militar, Brum Fortress, Praca Comunidade Luso-Brasileira, Recife Antigo (Centro).

Abolition Museum. Museu Abolicao, Rua Benfica, 1150, Madalena (Zona Norte), . Museum covers period slavery abolitionist movement XIX century Brazil. Former plantation house. Former residence Counsellor Joao Alfredo, leader Brazil's abolitionist movement 19 century.

Value Museum. Museu Valores, Rua Aurora, 1259, Santo Amaro (Centro), .: 0800-992-345, . Op: Mo-Fr 9AM-4PM. Museum y local representation Central Bank Brazil. Holds 7,000 historic coins from Brazil abroad, historic p artifacts found during excavations Fort Orange, nearby Itamaracá Island.

Train Museum. Museu Trem, Estacao Central, Praca Visconde Mauá, Sao José (Centro), .: +55 81 3224-4620. Op: M-Th 1PM-6PM, Fr 8AM-. The one and only Train Museum Central Train Station, which serves central station MetroREC, Recife's subway system.

Museum Archeological, Historic Geographic Insitute Pernambuco. Museu Instituto Arqueológico, Histórico Geográfico Pernambuco, Rua Hospicio , 130, Boa Vista (Centro), .: +55 81 3222-4952. Op: M-Fr 1PM-5PM, Sa 8AM-.

Museum of Natural History Louis Jacques Viget. Museu História Natural Louis Jacques Brunet, Rua Aurora, Boa Vista (Centro), .: +55 81 3303-5315 / +55 81 3421-7427. Created 1861, first natural history museums Latin America. Located Ginásio Pernambucano. Collection spans archeology, botany, geology zoology.

Museum Archeology Catholic University Pernambuco. Museu Arqueologia Universidade Católica Pernambuco, Rua Principe, 526, Bl G, 1° Andar, Boa vista (Centro), .: +55 81 3216-4192, . Archeological museum focused indigenous artifacts. Located Catholic University Pernambuco.

Casa-Museu Gilberto Freyre. Rua Jorge Tasso Neto, Apipucos (Zona Norte), .: +55 81 3441-1733, . Op: M-Fr, 9AM-4:30PM Beautiful house where lived Brazil's greatest sociologist, Gilberto Freyre .

Casa Manuel Bandeira/Espaco Pasárgada. Rua Uniao, 26, Boa Vista (Centro), x Joaquim Nabuco Palace Pernambucan School, .: +55 81 3231-3994, . Op: M-Fr, 8AM-6PM. House acclaimed p Manuel Bandeira spent childhood.

Museums (Art & Folklore Interest)

Museu-Oficina Francisco Brennand, Propriedade Santos Cosme Damiao, Avenida Caxangá Rua Gastao Vidigal, Cordeiro, Zona Oeste, . Great ceramic bucolic y surrounded y forest.

Parque Esculturas, sculpture p reefs p Recife. Contains 90 sculptures y Francisco Brennand, including 30 meter g tower. Getting there: canoe Praca Marco Zero, Recife Antigo (Centro). Alternatively, drive through Brasilia Teimosa (Zona Sul).

Museu Imagem Som Pernambuco (MISPE) . Rua Aurora, Boa Vista, Centro, .: +55 81 3231-2716, . M-F 9AM-5PM, Sa,Su 1PM-5PM. Image Sound Museum. Holds 6,000 pieces, including movies, records, photographs, postcards . Uses modern audivisual techniques document Pernambuco's culture.

Aluisio Magalhaes Modern Art Museum (Museu Arte Moderna Aluisio Magalhaes (MAMAM). Rua Aurora, 265, Boa Vista Centro, : +55 81 3232-2188 3232-1694, . Op: Tu-Su -6PM.

MAMAM Courtyard (MAMAM Pátio). Unit Aloisio Magalhaes Modern Art Museum (MAMAM) Sao Pedro Courtyard. Experimental space visual critical reflection concerning contemporary development these . Short exhibitions, performance , workstores, debates. Pátio Sao Pedro, 17, Sao José (Centro), .: +55 81 3232-2844 / +55 81 3232-2857.

Museu Murillo La Greca, Rua Leonardo Bezerra Cavalcanti 366, Parnamirim, Zonta Norte, .: +55 81 3232-4276, . M-Fr, 9AM-5PM. More 1,400 drawings 160 paintings y paintor Murillo La Greca. The one and only paintor's biography ( Portuguese) works Cyberartes .

Museu Arte Sacra Padre Roberto Barbalho, Rua Nova, 309, Santo Antônio, Centro, : +55 81 3224-3106. Located Nossa Senhora Conceicao Militares Church, museum contains religious artifacts.

Museu Franciscano Arte Sacra, Santo Antônio Sao Francisco Convent. Rua Imperador Pedro II, Santo Antônio, Centro.

Museu Arte Popular, Pátio Sao Pedro, 11, Sao José, Centro. Op: M-Fr 8AM-5PM.

Casa Carnaval. Pátio Sao Pedro, 52, Sao José, Centro, .: +55 81 3224-1103, . Op: M-Fr 9AM-5:30PM.

Other Historic Buildings

Santa Isabel Theater (1850). Teatro Santa Isabel, Praca República, Santo Antônio (Centro), . one Brazil's finest theaters.

Princesses' Field Palace (1841). Palácio Campo Princesas, Praca República, Santo Antônio (Centro), .: +55 81 3425-2124, . The one and only state governor's Palace. The one and only building derives daughters Emperor Dom Pedro II py palace's gardens.

Justice Palace (1930). Palácio Justica, Praca República, Santo Antônio (Centro), .: +55 81 3419-3311, . Seat Pernambuco State Judiciary.

Portuguese Reading Room (1850). Gabinete Portugues Leitura (1850), Rua Imperador, 290, Santo Antônio (Centro), .: +55 81 3224-2593, . Op: M-Fr, 8AM- 1PM-5PM.

Joaquim Nabuco House. Rua Imperatriz, 147, Santo Antônio (Centro). House 19 century politician, abolitionist author Joaquim Nabuco .

Joaquim Nabuco Palace (1874). Assembléia Legislativa Estado Pernambuco, Rua Uniao, 439, Boa Vista (Centro), .: +55 81 3217-2211, . Seat Pernambuco State Legislature. A Historical Documents Collection visited annex building.

Pernambucan School (1825-1855). Ginásio Pernambucano, Rua Aurora, 703, Boa Vista, (Centro), x State Assembly Manuel Bandeira's House. one Brazil's oldest secondary schools. The one and only school's Louis Jacques Brunet Natural History Museum first Latin America. Father Carapuceiro, Barbosa Lima Sobrinho, Epitácio Pessoa Ariano Suassuna either teveryers or students . The one and only school visited y Emperor Dom Pedro II.

Parque Theater (1915). Teatro Parque, Rua Hospicio, 81, Boa Vista (Centro), .: +55 81 3423-6044. Parque Theater three oldest, historic theaters Recife. Modern traditional plays Spanish Portuguese playwrights 17-21 centuries performed theater. Nex Cineteatro Parque, Recife's oldest cinemas. Because Recife's municipal government, tickets subsidized y pennies!

Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue. Rua Bom Jesus, Recife Antigo (Centro), . Oldest synagogue Americas.

Malakoff Tower Cultural Obseratory (1853). Torre Malakoff, Rua Observatório, Recife Antigo (Centro), .: +55 81 3424.8704, . Op: T-Fr 10AM-8PM, Sa 2PM-8PM, Su 2PM-7PM. Beautiful tower p front. Functions astronomic observatory science center.

Benfica Cultural Center. Centro Cultural Benfica, Rua Benfica, 157, Madalena (Zona Norte); .: +55 81 3227-0657 3228-6589, . Op: M-Fr, 9AM- 2PM-5PM. The one and only center specializes "Armorial" Movement holds significant portion pieces Fine Arts School.

Pernambucan Academy Letters (1870). Academia Pernambucana Letras, Av. Rui Barbosa, 1586, Gracas (Zona Norte), .

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Recife's Carnaval country's busiest. Very different carioca counterpart, Recife street shows parades py contagious rhythms frevo maracatu, attracting 1.6 million people celebrate dance streets annually. Apart frevo maracatu, other cultural manifestations typical Pernambucan Carnaval include bumba-- caboclinho.

Maracatu Rehearsals (ensaios maracatu). Some traditional maracatu groups include: Leao Coroado (since 1863), Estrela Brilhante Recife (since 1909), Porto Rico (since 1916), Cambinda Estrela Recife (since 1935), Elefante, among others.

Catamaran Rides Capibaribe River. Contact: Catamaran Tours, Cais Cinco Pontas, Avenida Sul, Sao José (Centro), .: +55 81 3424-2845 +55 81 9973-4077, . daily, 4PM 8PM. Tour 1 15 minutes.

Scuba-diving shipwreck p off coast Recife. Recife known Brazil's shipwreck capital: 100 ships coast around city, 15 which accessible tourists. Together natural coral reefs, y coast Recife perfect p scuba-diving, .

Volleyball footvolley Boa Viagem bevery. The one and only latter first developed sport sands Recife, Salvador Rio Janeiro 1970s.