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Built in and used by some of the thousands of Sephardic Jews who immigrated here during the brief period Dutch domination between 1630 and 1657. The oldest synagogue in the Americas.
The Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue was a former Jewish synagogue, located at 197 Rua do Bom Jesus, in the old city of Recife, in the state of Pernambuco, in northeastern Brazil.
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Palácio da Justiça
Seat of the Pernambuco State Judiciary, built in 1930.
Museu de História Natural Louis Jacques Brunet
Created in 1861, it is one of the first natural history museums in Latin America. Located at Ginásio Pernambucano. Collection spans archeology, botany, geology and zoology.
The museum contains religious artifacts.
Museu Militar Forte do Brum
Military museum in a fort, displaying military equipment from colonial times up to WWII.