Brejo da Madre de Deus

Brejo da Madre de Deus is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil.

The city is famous for the Paixão de Cristo that takes place in Nova Jerusalém, in the district of Fazenda Nova.

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Get in

Fly to Recife Guararapes International Airport. From Recife, rent a car or take a bus to Brejo da Madre de Deus. A closer, but much smaller airport, can be found in Caruaru.

Get around

See
  • Paixão de Cristo de Nova Jerusalém. World's largest open-air theater. Passion of Christ and monumntal city (real-size replica of Jerusalem during Jesus' time). More than 200,000 thousand visitors during Easter. 
  • Historical buildings in the center of town. Colonial tiles from the 1700s and early 1800s.
  • Matriz de Nossa Senhora do Bom Conselho Church
  • Matriz de São José Church (1792)
  • Casa da Câmara e Cadeia (1845), by French arhitect Louis Vauthier
  • Historical and Archeological Museum (Museu Histórico do Brejo da Madre de Deus)
  • Monumental Sculpture Park (Parque de Esculturas Monumentais Nilo Coelho), in Fazenda Nova district

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