Jiquiá is the name of a neighbourhood in Recife that was situated a little beyond Afogados. Like so many other districts of the city, it has a history intertwined with the development of the Pernambuco sugar fiefdoms, during the Brazilian Colonial period.

Historically, according to records from 1537, the islands that formed the Mauritian City didn’t have names. They were known simply as ‘Ilhas do Porto dos Navios’ (Port of Ships Islands). The owner of these lands was the Captain-MajorJerônimo de Albuquerque.

The small and triangular Joaquim Nabuco Square, located in the Santo Antônio neighbourhood, was named in 1915 as one of the homages to the great Brazilian abolitionist Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de Araújo.

The first bridge erected at the site was metal, having only tracks on sleepers. There was no walkway for pedestrians. It was built in 1881 to allow trains to pass from a railway, known as the ‘linha norte do Estado’ (northern State line), built by Great Western.

Livro 7 started in a small store (a little over twenty square meters) on Rua Sete de Setembro –  a street that crosses Av. Conde da Boa Vista, in the neighborhood of Boa Vista. It was inaugurated on July 27, 1970.