History of Recife
His story began in 1534 along with the hereditary captaincy. The city was used as a port to charge other local produce and receive the metropolis. His name was given by the large number of reefs in the coastal region.In 1630, the Dutch came to Brazil attracted by cane sugar and is signed in Recife.Seven years later the Count Maurice of Nassau took over the government and the city has evolved. Planned and mapped streets, built bridges, brought architects, engineers and landscape of Europe in order to improve the appearance of the city. We can observe the architecture of the buildings still present people in the city. In 1654, during which the Dutch were expelled from Recife, the city was already a trading planters then moved to Olinda. With the rivalry of the cities that began when Olinda was the capital of Pernambuco and Recife when the Dutch preferred to the capital, led to the War of the peddlers.In 1848 the city was already a commercial and cultural hub of the entire Northeast region and soon became a distribution center.In the twentieth century, Recife was driven by major industries that have settled on their poles becoming the highest activity of the city. Today, Recife is the second largest medical hub of the country and one of the most visited cities by tourists. Recife has adapted their infrastructure to get people who come from all over the country and abroad.Their culture is based on the mixture of European, indigenous and black culture that brought a rich and diverse heritage cidade. A March Carnival of Recife is marked by the city frevo and maracatu that invades the city streets with costumed revelers and atypical parade of antique cars. It happens on Monday Carnival Night of the Silent Drums.
History of Olinda
The city was founded in 1535 by the donee of the captaincy of Pernambuco Duarte Coelho Pereira and soon became the state capital and residence of the planters and other important people. Its baroque architecture of the colonial period is found in houses and churches throughout the city.In 1710, there was the war against peddlers of Recife, the reason the war was the rivalry between the two cities that began in 1630 when the Dutch chose to stay in Recife in the capital.Today Olinda is no longer the capital of Pernambuco, having lost his post to Recife, but has incomparable beauties scattered through the city streets.
By: JNMarcos
By: JNMarcos