The area where this small and unknown neighborhood of Recife is located corresponds to the old town of Macacos
The seventh Franciscan convent erected in Brazil, and the fourth under the invocation of St Anthony of Lisbon, the St Anthony Franciscan Convent may be one of the oldest buildings in Recife.
UR7 is located in the Várzea neighborhood, West Zone of Recife, beside the communities Loteamento Cosme and Damião, Rosa Selvagem, Jardim Petrópolis, Jardim Teresópolis, among others.