Founded on November 25, 1849, in Goiana, Pernambuco, the Saboeira music band was affiliated to the Liberal Party, while its rival Curica belonged to the Conservative Party.

SaGRAMA is an instrumental group, also called Banda Sinfônica do Recife, which works with music from Pernambuco based on popular manifestations. It is composed by professors from the Pernambuco Conservatory of Music.

Its construction was started in the government of Francisco do Rego Barros and its inauguration took place on 1 March 1851, with the name of Cemitério do Bom Jesus da Redenção de Santo Amaro das Salinas [Cemetery of the Good Jesus of the Redemption of Saint Amaro of Salinas].

The Santo Amaro neighborhood had its origins in 1681, when Major Luís do Rego Barros built, on the ruins of the Salinas Fort, a chapel under the call of Santo Amaro das Salinas.

Located in the quarter of Casa Amarela in the municipality of Recife, the Sítio Trindade was an important territory during the Dutch invasion (1630–1654). In that elevated area was located the Arraial do Bom Jesus Fort, also known as Arraial Velho, a fortification made of rammed earth by the general