Parque das Esculturas Francisco Brennand

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.

Founded in 1974, it's a museum of religious items such as vestments, statues and chandeliers.

Seat of the Pernambuco State Judiciary, built in 1930.

The "house of Carnaval" is a documentation center for the yearly event, with books, photographs and the like (some of it available in digital format).

The museum contains religious artifacts.

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.