Recife (population 1.3 million, 3.5 million in the metropolitan area) is a city in the Northeastern Region of Brazil. It is the capital of the Pernambuco state and is a port on the Atlantic Ocean.

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1 History 2 Images 3 Geography 4 Information 5 Music 6 Neighborhoods

History

The settlement was established by the Portuguese in 1537 and remained Portuguese until the independence of Brazil, with the exception of a brief period of Dutch occupation in the 17th century between 1630 and 1654.

Images

Atelier de Francisco Brennand

Torre Malakoff, Recife Antigo

Assembléia Legislativa

Prédios no Marco Zero, Recife Antigo

Geography

Within its metropolitan area are the cities of Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Olinda, Paulista, Abreu e Lima, Igarassu, Camaragibe, Cabo de Santo Agostinho, and São Lourenço da Mata.

Information

Its main tourist atractions are:

• Churches and historical monuments
• Francisco Brennand's atelier of ceramic art
• Ancient Recife buildings
• Boa Viagem Beach (the main city beach)
• Olinda - a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Casa da Cultura: souvenir shops
• The Carnival at Recife Antigo
• Cuba do Capibaribe, a mix of Cuban and Brazilian culture in a sightseeing restaurant & dancing club at Paço Alfândega http://www.cubadocapibaribe.com.br (In Portuguese)

There are many wonderful beaches surrounding Recife, such as:

• Porto de galinhas, Ipojuca, Pernambuco (60 km to the south)
• Tamandaré, Barreiros, Pernambuco (110 km to the south)
• Itamaracá, Pernambuco (40 km to the north)
• Maragoji, Alagoas (150 km to the south)
• Praia de Pipa, Rio Grande do Norte (280 km to the north)
• Tambaba, Conde, Paraíba (115 km to the north)
• Serrambi, Ipojuca, Pernambuco

Music

• Frevo
• Maracatu
• Forró
• Manguebeat
• Baião
• Xaxado

Neighborhoods

• Ipsep
• Boa Viagem
• Boa Vista
• Bongi
• Brasília Teimosa
• Cidade Universitária
• Cordeiro
• Aflitos
• Casa Forte
• Derby
• Tamarineira
• Espinheiro
• Graças
• Ibura
• Ilha do Leite
• Iputinga
• Pina
• Recife Antigo
• Santo Amaro
• Santo Antônio
• Setúbal
• Várzea
• Bomba do Hemeterio
• Casa Amarela
• Afogados
• Imbiribeira
• Muribeca
• Estancia

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