In a previous post I shared a Varig Airlines vintage postcard showing the Via Anchieta Highway in Brazil. Today I'm sharing another Varig Airlines postcard from my grandparents' collection.
This postcard shows a part of Recife, Brazil. Recife is the capital of the state of Pernambuco. It's also one of the largest cities in Brazil.
This map from Google Maps shows where Recife is located in Brazil.
Written description on the back of the postcard:
I found this photo on the Wikimedia Commons website. Isn't Recife beautiful?RECIFE is the biggest city of Northeast Brazil. Located on the coast and being intersected by two rivers, it is called the Brazilian Venice.
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| Recife, Brazil - Photo by Americo Nunes Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons License |
And here's another beautiful photo of Recife from the Wikimedia Commons website.
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| Recife, Brazil - Photo by gjofili Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons License |
I'll be sharing more Varig Airlines vintage postcards from my grandparents' collection in future posts.
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A whole new world opening up to me, Jana. Very new details - N.America knows so very little about South American cities and countries. Thanks for posting these - I'm now digging around on the web seeing more.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your kind comments Celia! And thank you for stopping by!
DeleteMr GeniAus and I visited Recife last year or was it 2013?. I must say these images show it in a much better light than what we experienced. There was lots of history but it was sad to see so many crumbling buidlings and slummy areas.
ReplyDeleteOh. That really is sad about the not-so-nice areas you saw while visiting Recife. I guess these pictures show the nicer areas? Thanks for stopping by Jill!
DeleteI don't know why I'm so surprised to see how large and modern the cities in Brazil are. Maybe I expect it to be more like what Jill described.
ReplyDeleteIt really is amazing how huge some of Brazil's cities are. I'm not sure how big they were when my grandparents lived there though.
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