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Urban heritage · Recife / São José

São Pedro Courtyard

Historic urban complex organized around the São Pedro dos Clérigos Concathedral and houses occupied by popular culture facilities.
2 sources and traceabilityVerified 2026-07-28
São Pedro Courtyard — Original Meu Recife editorial illustration — not a documentary photograph.
Original Meu Recife editorial illustration — not a documentary photograph. · Meu Recife
Description automatically translated from the Portuguese editorial summary.
01

Historical and cultural context

Historic urban complex organized around the São Pedro dos Clérigos Concathedral and houses occupied by popular culture facilities. Meu Recife places the site within the editorial thread “Recife · Pátio · São · Pedro · culture · popular culture”. This reading first establishes the documented cultural role, then keeps it separate from mutable hours, admission and exhibition programming.

02

What to notice on site

Begin with these source-grounded themes: urban scale; landscape; neighbouring streets. They are not a generic attraction checklist, but prompts derived from this specific profile's evidence. Do not isolate the monument: notice street alignment, scale, landscape and its connections with neighbouring buildings.

03

Relationship with the city and district

São Pedro Courtyard is in São José, Recife. The atlas connects it to the “Recife · Pátio · São · Pedro · culture · popular culture” 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.

04

Verified facts

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

Location
São José · Recife
REC_VISIT · REC_CULT_DATA
Listed address
Pátio de São Pedro
REC_VISIT · REC_CULT_DATA
Documented focus
Historic urban complex organized around the São Pedro dos Clérigos Concathedral and houses occupied by popular culture facilities.
REC_VISIT · REC_CULT_DATA
Evidence basis
Identity, location and cultural relevance are supported by primary evidence.
REC_VISIT · REC_CULT_DATA

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.

05

Before visiting

Reference address
Pátio de São Pedro, São José, Recife — PE
Urban heritage
30–90 min
What can change
Hours, tickets, accessibility and temporary closures can change. Confirm with the official source before visiting.
06

Getting there

Coordinates cross-checked against multiple mapping sources

Reference address
Pátio de São Pedro
District and city
São José · Recife, PE
Verified coordinates
-8.067042, -34.878986
Coordinates cross-checked against multiple mapping sources · map © OpenStreetMap