In the past, today’s Entroncamento Park represented the intersection of railroads (the maxambombas) – from Arraial, Várzea and Dois Irmãos. The denomination Entroncamento [Junction] was given to it by the Recife population, in the same way that the name was given to the neighbourhood of Encruzilhada

Through a Proclamation of Law by Emperor Pedro I on 11 August 1827, created simultaneouslywere two courses of judicial and social sciences, one in the city of São Paulo and the other in Olinda.

According to historians, on February 28, 1644 – the inauguration date of the Recife bridge, now known as the Maurício de Nassau bridge

The Franciscan Museum of Sacred Art, located in the Recife neighbourhood of Santo Antônio, is connected to the Golden Chapel and very close to Praça da República square. From its collection are valuable pieces dating back to the liturgical heyday of Catholicism.

Frevioca, a type of Recife Carnival ‘trio elétrico’, was created in 1979, debuting on the central city streets in the 1980 Carnival.