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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.
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.
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe is a Brazilian municipality in the State of Pernambuco. It is the third largest city in the mesoregion of Agreste of Pernambuco with a population of 109,897 inhabitants in 2020. It has 335.309 km 2 (208.5 square miles) of total area and it is located about 185.7 km (115.4 miles) from the capital Recife.
The first Synagogue built in the Americas, the Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue, is located in Recife Antigo, on Rua do Bom Jesus, formerly Rua dos Judeus, or Street of the Jews. The Portuguese synagogue was founded in lower Manhattan and it is located on Central Park West in Manhattan nowadays under the name Portuguese & Spanish synagogue.
Boa Viagem is a neighborhood in Recife, Pernambuco in the wealthy southern zone of the municipality. The neighborhood has one of the most visited beaches in Northeastern Brazil , Boa Viagem beach. The neighborhood has a population as of 2010 of 122,922 inhabitants, and an area of 753 hectares (2.91 sq mi).
Since June 1, 2001, through the accord delegation n. 02/2001, the responsibility of the administration and operation of the port has been held by the state government of Pernambuco through the new company Porto de Recife S.A. Historically, the port was the main reason of the foundation of the village of Recife in the 16th century. [1]
The Catholic University of Pernambuco (Portuguese: Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Unicap) in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, is a Catholic University, private and non-profit, run by the Society of Jesus. It is considered one of the best universities in Brazil, and the best private one in the north and northeast of Brazil.
The 2024 Fortaleza mayoral election took place on 6 October 2024. Voters elected a mayor, a vice mayor, and 43 councillors. The incumbent mayor, José Sarto, a member of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT), was elected in 2020 [1] for his first term and intends to run for reelection.