The locality known today as Ponte D’Uchoa was originally a narrow winding road owned by Captain Henrique Martins, which served as access to the plantations of Casa Forte, Monteiro, Apipucos and finally Dois Irmãos.

Research, records and the collection of vocabulary and popular expressions, particularly in the North and Northeast regions of Brazil, have always been a concern for researchers and folklorists like Alfredo de Carvalho, Pereira da Costa, Luís da Câmara Cascudo and Mário Souto Maior, among others.

The Quinteto Violado (a play on words meaning literally Violated/‘Viola-ed’ Quintet) is an instrumental-vocal group created in October 1971, in Recife, Pernambuco, having as its basic characteristic the rescue and recreation of tradition and folkloric music of Northeast Brazil.

In the mid-19th century (1850-1856) the terminal of the Northeast Railway Network was built, and it was called Estação Central [Central Station]. This construction is on the left bank of the Capibaribe River and in front of the current House of Culture on Floriano Peixoto Street.

In 1590 in Recife, the Portuguese built a fort on the reefs with the purpose of defending the port’s access bar, and called it Castelo do Mar [Castle of the Sea] or Fort Laje do Picão.