OLD RECIFE

Like many Brazilian metropolises, especially those in the Northeast, the city centers that were born during the colonial period or during the sugar cycle had become places of misery and violence, where only those who could not escape these places of exclusion remained. The more affluent classes had long since left the historic districts to move to the more open spaces of residential areas such as Casa Amarela or Boa Viagem with its Benidorm air. The municipality has worked on the Western process of reclaiming the centres. Old Recife is the starting point of the city and is at the heart of this reclamation process. The process of renovation is slow and the animation of the streets in the evening is in decline. You can see the port of Recife with a beautiful view of the sea and the Esculturas Francisco Brennand park. The Praça Rio Branco (better known as Marco Zero, "the zero marker") is decorated with the Rosa dos Ventos, by the Pernambuco painter Cicero Dias. There are also various cultural institutes, such as the Malakoff Cultural Observatory, located in the Tunisian-style tower of the same name, which houses an astronomical observatory. The Apolo Theatre, from the 19th century. Also a beautiful church, the Igreja da Madre de Deus, dating from the eighteenth century. In the Rua do Bom Jesus, which was called the street of the Jews in the 17th century, stands the Kahal Zur Israel synagogue. Also of interest is Fort Brum (1629), which houses a military museum.