Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Olinda, Brazil

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Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 4.9 km
Ascend 163 m
Descend 178 m

Explore Olinda in Brazil with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Sight 1: Igreja Nossa Senhora do Monte

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The small chapel of Nossa Senhora do Monte is one of the oldest churches in colonial Brazil. The first grantee, Duarte Coelho, when granting the charter of Olinda, kept for the inhabitants of that place, the lands of the hill, thus demarcating the lands of the church of the hill.

Wikipedia: Mosteiro Nossa Senhora do Monte (PT)

1023 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 2: Igreja Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe

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The Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a Roman Catholic church located in the Brazilian city of Olinda, in the state of Pernambuco. It is part of the Listing Polygon of the Historic Site of Olinda.

Wikipedia: Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe (Olinda) (PT)

360 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Igreja de São João Batista dos Militares

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The Church of St. John the Baptist of the Military is a church of Catholic devotion in the Brazilian city of Olinda, in the state of Pernambuco.

Wikipedia: Igreja de São João Batista dos Militares (PT)

374 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Homens Pretos

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The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of the Black Men is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil. It is the first church in the country to belong to a brotherhood of blacks.

Wikipedia: Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Homens Pretos (Olinda) (PT)

261 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Igreja Nossa Senhora do Amparo

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The Church of Nossa Senhora do Amparo is a church located in the city of Olinda, in the state of Pernambuco, more precisely in Largo do Amparo.

Wikipedia: Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Amparo (Olinda) (PT)

380 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda

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The Historic Center of Olinda, also called Cidade Alta, covers the historic area of the Brazilian municipality of Olinda, in the state of Pernambuco.

Wikipedia: Centro Histórico de Olinda (PT), Website

87 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Museu de Arte Sacra de Pernambuco

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The Pernambuco Sacred Art Museum (Maspe) is a Brazilian museum located in a historic building of Olinda, in the state of Pernambuco.

Wikipedia: Museu de Arte Sacra de Pernambuco (PT)

659 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 8: Farol de Olinda

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The Olinda Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in Morro do Serapião, in the municipality of Olinda, in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It consists of a reinforced concrete tronconic tower, reinforced with four lateral giants, with white and black horizontal stripes.

Wikipedia: Farol de Olinda (PT)

675 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 9: Fortim de São Francisco de Olinda

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The Fort of São Francisco de Olinda, also known as Fort Montenegro and Fort of Cheese, is located on the beach of São Francisco, in Olinda, on the coast of the current state of Pernambuco, in Brazil.

Wikipedia: Fortim de São Francisco de Olinda (PT)

1114 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 10: Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Boa Hora

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The church of Nossa Senhora da Boa Hora, or Chapel of the Good Hour, was built in 1807 by Bernardo Ferreira Viegas and his wife, in the city of Olinda in the State of Pernambuco.

Wikipedia: Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Boa Hora (PT)

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