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Igreja do
Amparo
EATING & DRINKING
Atelier e Comedoria
Lautreamont
Banana Split
Creperia
Oficina do Sabor
Pousada Varadouro
ACCOMMODATION
Albergue de Olinda
Casa de Hilton
Pousada Alto Astral
Pousada Marin dos Caétes
Pousada Pedro
Hotel Pousada São Francisco
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3
1
6
2
4
4
7
5
2
6
Museu
Regional
AMPARO
NIGHTLIFE
a fábrica
Bodega do Véio
Casa da Rabeca do Brasil
Xinxim da Baiana
8
3
1
9
Igreja da
Miserícôrdia
Mercado da
Ribeira
Museu do Arte
Contemporânea
Museu de
Arte Sacra de
Pernambuco
3
Igreja
da Sé
Museu do
Mamulengo
PA
PRACA
JOAO
ALFREDO
Governor's
Palace
V. D E S Ă O F R A
N C I S CO
I
CARMO
Convento de
São Francisco
Basilica e
Mosteiro
de São Bento
Igreja
Carmo
VARADOURO
R U A D. P E DRO ROSE R
PRACA DO
CARMO
Buses to
Recife
Mercado
Eufrasio
Barbosa
N C A L V E
PRACA RIO
BRANCO
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200
OLINDA
ATLANTIC OCEAN
metres
Convento de São Francisco
Olinda is home to eighteen
churches
seemingly tucked away around every
corner. The Dutch burned most of them
down in the seventeenth century, and left
the Portuguese to restore them during the
following centuries. If you only have time
to visit one, head to the impressive
Convento de São Francisco on Rua São
Francisco (Mon-Fri 8am-noon & 2-5pm,
Sat 8am-noon; R$3;
T
81 3429 0517), the
country's oldest Franciscan convent. It was
built in 1585 and is comprised of a chapel,
church, cloister and sacristy. Particular
highlights are the tiled cloister depicting
the lives of Jesus and St Francis of Assisi,
and the sacristy's beautiful Baroque
furniture carved from jacaranda wood.
Behind the convent there's a patio with
grand panoramas across the ocean.
Museu do Mamulengo
The fascinating
Museu do Mamulengo
,
Rua de Sâo Bento 344 (Tues-Sun
10am-5pm; R$2;
T
81 3493 2753),
houses an excellent collection of
more than one thousand traditional
puppets, some dating as far back as the
eighteenth century, with the upper floor
dedicated to
sertão
bandit-cum-folk
hero, Lampião. Folk puppets, with
diverse outfits and exaggerated faces,
played - and still play - an important
role in religious festivities and street
gatherings, including the famed
Carnaval. As well as being an
irrepressible guide, curator Enio Mariz
de Oliveira is a veritable fount of expert
knowledge on all things cultural,
Pernambucan and Brazilian, from
literature to music to film.
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