Madre de Deus Church

Historical and cultural context

Historic temple linked to the port landscape and religious heritage of the Recife neighborhood. Meu Recife places the site within the editorial thread “Recife · Baroque · sacred heritage”. This reading first establishes the documented cultural role, then keeps it separate from mutable hours, admission and exhibition programming.

What to notice on site

Begin with these source-grounded themes: landscape, views and visual landmarks. They are not a generic attraction checklist, but prompts derived from this specific profile's evidence. Notice how worship, artistic language and urban history share the same space, while respecting services and any restricted areas.

Relationship with the city and district

Madre de Deus Church is in Old Recife, Recife. The atlas connects it to the “Recife · Baroque · sacred heritage” circuit, grouping places by theme and geography without inventing a single chronology. Treat the approach, nearby streets and shifts in urban scale as part of the visit: they explain how the place belongs to this part of the city.

Verified facts

Every fact below is linked to this profile’s source codes.

Location

Old Recife · Recife

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Listed address

Rua Madre de Deus, s/n

REC_1DAY · IPHAN_PE

Documented focus

Historic temple linked to the port landscape and religious heritage of the Recife neighborhood.

REC_1DAY · IPHAN_PE

Evidence basis

Identity, location and cultural relevance are supported by primary evidence.

REC_1DAY · IPHAN_PE

Original Meu Recife editorial copy based only on this profile's source codes. It does not reproduce third-party text in full or turn a community-guide opinion into fact.

Before visiting

Reference address

Rua Madre de Deus, s/n, Bairro do Recife, Recife — PE

Religious heritage

30–60 min

What can change

Hours, tickets, accessibility and temporary closures can change. Confirm with the official source before visiting.

Getting there

Coordinates cross-checked against multiple mapping sources

Reference address

Rua Madre de Deus, s/n

District and city

Bairro do Recife · Recife, PE

Verified coordinates

-8.064279, -34.873920