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Recife (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁeˈsifi] ⓘ) is the state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil, on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is the largest urban area within both the North and the Northeast Region of Brazil. It is the largest city in Pernambuco state, and the fourth-largest urban area in all of Brazil; the metro ...
Greater Recife. Recife Metropolitan Area, officially the Metropolitan Region of Recife ( Brazilian Portuguese: Região Metropolitana do Recife (RMR), or Grande Recife ), is a major metropolitan area in Northeast Brazil with a population of 3,7 million as of 2022, [ 1][ 2] centered on the state capital of Recife, Pernambuco.
Olinda, then the richest city in colonial Brazil, was sacked and destroyed by the Dutch, who chose Recife as the capital of New Holland. Nicolaes Visscher's map shows the siege of Olinda and Recife in 1630. [1] The Dutch invasions in Brazil, ordered by the Dutch West India Company (WIC), occurred during the 17th century. [2]
Rajasinha II. Puviraja Pandaram †. The Dutch–Portuguese War (Dutch: Nederlands-Portugese Oorlog; Portuguese: Guerra Luso-Holandesa) was a global armed conflict involving Dutch forces, in the form of the Dutch East India Company, the Dutch West India Company, and their allies, against the Iberian Union, and after 1640, the Portuguese Empire.
HDI (2010) 0.735 – high[2] Website. www.olinda.pe.gov.br. Olinda (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɔˈlĩdɐ]) is a historic city in Pernambuco, Brazil, in the Northeast Region. It is located on the country's northeastern Atlantic Ocean coast, in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, the state capital. [3] It has a population of 393,115 people ...
The first synagogue in the Americas, Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue - was established by the Dutch [12] in Recife in 1636. [13]Colonial reports stated that there was a strong rate of miscegenation between Amerindians, Portuguese, Blacks, Jews, Dutch, Germans, French and Englishmen during the period of the Dutch Brazil colony. [14]
Recapture of Recife (1652–1654) The Recapture of Recife (or Second Siege of Recife) was a military engagement between the Portuguese forces under Francisco Barreto de Meneses and the Dutch forces of Captain Walter Van Loo. [2] After the Dutch defeats at Guararapes, their surviving men, as well as other garrisons of New Holland, joined in the ...
1535 - Olinda settlement established by Duarte Coelho. [1] 1595 - Capture of Recife by English privateer James Lancaster. [1] 1637 - Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue built. [3] 1654 - Recapture of Recife by Portuguese forces. 1720 - Igreja Madre de Deus (Recife) [pt] (church) built. 1767 - Basilica and Convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Recife ...