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Map of Recife and Mauritsstad, ca. 1682, Weduwe van Jacob van Meurs (publisher) Recife began as a collection of fishing shacks, inns and warehouses on the delta between the Capibaribe and Beberibe Rivers in the captaincy of Pernambuco, sometime between 1535 and 1537 in the earliest days of Portuguese colonisation of Terra de Santa Cruz, later called Brazil, on the northeast coast of South America.
Recife Metropolitan Area, officially the Metropolitan Region of Recife (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.
This is a list of newspapers in Brazil, both national and regional.Newspapers in other languages and themes newspapers are also included. In 2012, Brazil's newspaper circulation increased by 1.8 percent, compared to the previous year.
The Palácio de Friburgo (English: Palace of Friburgo; Dutch: Vrijburg) also known as the Palácio das Torres (Palace of the Towers), was an official residence built by Count John Maurice of Nassau-Siegen between 1640 and 1642 in what was then Mauritsstad, the capital of the Dutch colony of Nova Holanda ("New Holland") - now the city of Recife, capital of the Brazilian state of Pernambuco.
Siege of Olinda and Recife. View of Mauritsstad (Recife) in 1645. Recife was the most cosmopolitan city in America during Nassau's rule. In the picture, the Palace of Fribourg, demolished in the 18th century. In possession of the resources obtained from the sacking of the silver fleet, the Dutch launched a new expedition. Their declared aim was ...
1654 - Recapture of Recife by Portuguese forces. 1667 - Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Pretos (Recife) (church) established (approximate date). [citation needed] 1710 - War of the Mascates begins. [4] [5] 1720 - Igreja Madre de Deus (Recife) (church) built. 1767 - Basilica and Convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Recife (church) built.
Pernambuco (Brazilian Portuguese: [pɛʁnɐ̃ˈbuku] ⓘ) is a state of Brazil located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.5 million people as of 2024, [4] it is the seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,067.877 km 2, it is the 19th-largest in area among federative units of the country.
This neighborhood is the most education-centered in Recife: many education-oriented organizations are hosted there: the Federal University of Pernambuco , the Pernambuco Federal Institute of Technology (ITEP), the Regional Center of Nuclear Science (CRCN), the Superintendence for the Northeast Development (Sudene), and the Recife Military ...