Madalena, Neighbourhood, Recife, PE |
Lúcia Gaspar In the past, the neighbourhood was one of the best sugar producing zones. The plantation was situated where today the Praça João Alfredo (João Alfredo Square) is located. The plantation manor, where the owners lived, was known for a long time as the Sobrado Grande da Madalena (Madalena Plantation Manor). This manor, after many reforms, was the residence of Councillor João Alfredo Correia de Oliveira for a long time during the Imperial period. Today it is occupied by the 1st District of IPHAN – the National Institute of Historical and Artistic Patrimony – and the Abolition Museum. In the neighbourhood is the famous Mercado da Madalena (Madalena Market), inaugurated on 19 October 1925 and built next to the site where there was an open-air public market. It was initially called Mercado Bacurau (Nighthawk Market – a nocturnal bird) because it was open at night. Besides the Market, still operating today, is the traditional feira de passarinhos (bird market), greatly attended on Sundays by Recife’s residents. Translated by Peter Leamy, January 2012. SOURCES CONSULTED: BRAGA, João. Trilhas do Recife: guia turístico, histórico e cultural. [S.l. : s. n., 2000]. p.148. GUERRA, Flávio. Velhas igrejas e subúrbios históricos. Recife: Prefeitura Municipal, [s.d.] p. 191-195. PEREIRA DA COSTA, Francisco Augusto. Arredores do Recife. 2.ed. autônoma. Apresentação e organização de Leonardo Dantas Silva. Recife: Fundaj, Ed. Massangana, 2001. p. 114-119. HOW TO CITE THIS TEXT: Source: GASPAR, Lúcia. Madalena, Neighbourhood, Recife, PE. Pesquisa Escolar Online, Joaquim Nabuco Foudation, Recife. Available at: <http://basilio.fundaj.gov.br/pesquisaescolar/>. Accessed: day month year. Exemple: 6 Aug. 2009
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