In the vicinity of Varadouro da Galeota in 1597, the priests acquired a farm known as Olaria, which was later expanded through the acquisition of three more surrounding lots. Construction of the monastery was completed in 1599.

Silvio Romero Botelho de Almeida was born in May 14, 1956, in the neighborhood of Amparo, in Olinda, Pernambuco. An autodidact, he started early to work with wood, cast and clay sculptures, influenced by the clay artists of Caruaru, specially Master Vitalino.

The name of the area tells a little of the history of the place and demarcates the territory: 65 Severina Paraíso da Silva Street, Portão do Gelo, São Benedito neighbourhood, Olinda, Pernambuco. That is where, since the early 1950s, Terreiro Santa Bárbara (St Barbara Yard), or Ilê Axé Oyá Meguê.

The current Clube de Alegoria e Crítica O Homem da Meia-Noite, first appeared in the 1931 Carnival, as a form of dissent by the members of the Carnival troop Cariri de Olinda.

The construction of a road linking Recife to Olinda began in 1817, passing through Santo Amaro das Salinas, where a dump had been made and whose route, in a straight line, considerably reduced the journey. Due to the conflicts resulting from the 1817 revolution, the construction was abandoned.