University of Pernambuco

Santo Amaro is a neighborhood of Recife in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil, was founded in 1681 and incorporated in 1814. In 1814, the Cemitério dos Ingleses was built in the neighborhood, the first of the city, on a land donated by the Provincial Government to the English Consul in March 1869.

The Cemitério dos Ingleses is a cemetery in Recife, the capital of Pernambuco in Brazil. It was built in 1814, and at the time was named British Cemetery.

The Catholic University of Pernambuco (Portuguese: Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Unicap) in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, is a Catholic University, private and non-profit, run by the Society of Jesus. It is considered one of the best universities in Brazil, and the best private one in the north and northeast of Brazil.

Estádio Eládio de Barros Carvalho, also known as Estádio dos Aflitos, is a football stadium located in Recife, Brazil. The stadium was built in 1939 and is able to hold 20,000 people.Estádio dos Aflitos is owned by Clube Náutico Capibaribe. The stadium is named after Eládio de Barros Carvalho, who was Náutico's president fourteen times. Aflitos is nicknamed this way because it is located in Nossa Senhora dos Aflitos neighborhood.

Recife Metropolitan Area, officially the Metropolitan Region of Recife (Brazilian Portuguese: Região Metropolitana do Recife (RMR), or Grande Recife), is a major metropolitan area in Northeast Brazil with a population of 3,7 million as of 2022, centered on the state capital of Recife, Pernambuco. In 2017, it was ranked as the 8th largest metropolitan region nationally. The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) defines the region as a "metropolis" in its Area of Influence surveys, in terms of economic and social importance. The region's area of influence covers a large part of Northeast Brazil, including the entire states of Alagoas, Paraíba, and Pernambuco, in addition to portions of Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, and Sergipe. Within this area of influence are the smaller cities of Natal, João Pessoa, Maceió, and Aracaju.

Boa Viagem is a neighborhood in Recife, Pernambuco in the wealthy southern zone of the municipality. The neighborhood has one of the most visited beaches in Northeastern Brazil, Boa Viagem beach. The neighborhood has a population as of 2010 of 122,922 inhabitants, and an area of 753 hectares (2.91 sq mi).Thousands regularly gather on its wide sandy beaches that stretch for 8 km (5.0 mi). However, the beach is plagued by tiger shark attacks since Suape port was built in the 1990s, thought to have disrupted the sharks' behavior. Boa Viagem is the longest stretch of urbanized seafront in Brazil; its coastal reef calms the waves and helps keep the water at 25 °C (77 °F). Pina, Recife and Piedade, Jaboatão are the neighboring beaches. The district is a center of the city's social life. It hosts one of the biggest shopping centers in Brazil and South America—Shopping Center Recife with 465 stores and nearly 2,000,000 square feet (190,000 m2) of area. Boa Viagem is also home to Shopping Rio Mar, a high-end shopping center located along the coast of the river Capibaribe.Boa Viagem had a human development index in 2000 with 0.964, rivalling that of some Scandinavian countries, Japan, and Canada.The neighborhood is near the Recife International Airport.

TV Jornal is a Brazilian terrestrial television station licensed to Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. It operates on PSIP channel 2 (UHF channel 35) and is affiliated to SBT. It is part of the Sistema Jornal do Commercio de Comunicação, a subsidiary of the JCPM Group, owned by businessman João Carlos Paes Mendonça. Founded on June 18, 1960, it is the oldest TV station still in operation in the Northeast Region of Brazil.

TV Universitária is a Brazilian television station based in Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco. It operates on channel 11 (UHF digital 40) and is affiliated to TV Brasil. It belongs to the University Radio and TV Center of the Federal University of Pernambuco , which also includes radio stations Paulo Freire and Universitária FM. It was opened in 1968, being the first educational TV station created in the country.

Ponte do Limoeiro (Limoeiro Bridge) is a bridge in the city of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. It connects Avenida Norte Miguel de Alencar to the Apolo pier, in the Recife neighborhood. Dating back to 1881, it was built from iron for the passage of trains destined for the city of Limoeiro. It was replaced by a reinforced concrete one on 30 July 1966.

The Monument Tortura Nunca Mais is a monument located in Padre Henrique plaza in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. It was conceived by the architect Demetrio Albuquerque. It was the first monument built in honor of the dead and disappeared during the military dictatorship.Its construction was the result of a public tendering made by Recife's city hall in 1988, which envisaged not only the construction of a monument which could represent the torture conditions and disrespect to human dignity to which the population was subjected during the Brazilian military government but also the revitalization of Recife since.It was inaugurated on August 27, 1993, and it is, since then, considered to be one of the tourist attractions of Recife.

Recife Cinema Festival, also known as Recife Audiovisual Festival or Cine-PE, is a competitive film and audiovisual festival hosted in Recife. It is dedicated to the Brazilian and state production of feature and short films, as well as videos and documentaries.

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil.