Recife Antigo (Old Recife) is the historical section of central
Recife
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Brazil
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. It is located on the Island of Recife, near the Recife harbor. This historic area has been recently recovered and now holds several clubs, bars and a high-tech center called ''Porto Digital''.
History
Recife Antigo consists of the initial
Portuguese
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settlement in the 16th century around the port.
Sugar cane
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production from
Pernambuco
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was delivered to Portugal through Recife's port. While Recife had port functions,
Olinda was the capital. In 1630, the
Dutch
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invaded Pernambuco, set Olinda partially on fire and Recife became the seat of the Dutch government. Count
John Maurice of Nassau-Siegen became Governor-General of the
Dutch colony and built a new town on a neighboring island. This city was named
Mauritsstad
Mauritsstad (or Mauritius) was the capital of Dutch Brazil, and is now a part of the Brazilian city of Recife.
The city was built on the island of Antonio Vaz opposite Recife, and designed by architect Pieter Post
Pieter Post in 1651. Port ...
t and the
Palacio do Campo das Princesas, seat of the State of Pernambuco government, is built on its ruins.
The Dutch were forced out in 1654 of a Recife with good infrastructure, for they had built canals and improved the port and the defenses of it. A flourishing
Jewish
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community lived in Recife under them and they had to leave it because of the Portuguese Inquisition. Thus, a group of 24 Portuguese Jews who had previously migrated from Portugal to the Netherlands because of antisemitism, headed farther North with the Dutch, where
New Amsterdam—present-day Manhattan—was founded. The first Synagogue built in the Americas, the
Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue
Kahal Zur Israel was a Jewish synagogue located at Rua do Bom Jesus (Rua dos Judeus) number 197 in Recife, Brazil. It was established in 1636 by Portuguese and Spanish Sephardic Jews that had taken refuge in the Netherlands fleeing forced conver ...
, 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.
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