Recife Brazil The Boa Viagem neighbourhood, where we find ourselves now, is Recife's favourite tourist destination. It's home to the lovely beach of the same name. Anyone visiting here can also check out the important work of one of Pernambuco's leading artists, Francisco Brennand, who passed away in 2019.

Cicero ndia Brazil In Maria Camarão square, in the centre of the district of Tejucupapo, in the municipality of Goiana, Pernambuco, in the north-east of Brazil, stands a statue of a proud woman holding a vessel over her head and a knife in her right hand. The character here depicted has the same name as the square and is the symbol of a people who remember their own history.

The Hague The Netherlands We’re standing on the beach at Scheveningen, the beach right next to the city of The Hague. Somewhere off the coast, around here, the Polish conquistador, Krzysztof Arciszewski, was the first Pole to go for a stroll on the bottom of the sea.

Recife Brazil The Brum Fort, where we are now, was begun by the Portuguese in 1629. At the start of construction, it was called Forte Diego Paes and its purpose was to reinforce the security of the port of Recife against possible invasions.

Recife Brazil The Maurício de Nassau Bridge, where we are now, provides a lovely view of the city of Recife.

S o Benedito do Sul Brazil A quilombo is a remote, inland settlement originally settled by fugitive slaves, and, here, we find ourselves at the location of the Quilombo dos Palmares, a place sacred to the memory of the enslaved people brought from Africa to Brazil for a life of forced labour and violence starting in the 16th century.

Recife Brazil Regarding the figure of Maurice de Nassau, the most important local newspapers, such as the Diário da Manhã, still tended to praise him.

Jakarta Indonesia We find ourselves in the inner courtyard of the Wayang Museum in Jakarta Old Town. Before the current building was erected in 1912, this was the site of the New Dutch Church, and before that the Old Dutch Church, itself constructed on the site of the Dutch cemetery.

Recife Brazil Here, from Alto da Sé, the highest point in the town of Olinda, just north of Recife, you can see practically the entire length of the city which, in the 17th century, was a nearly inexhaustible source of goods and resources for the Portuguese colonial administrators to exploit.

Recife Brazil We're in front of the Apolo theatre, located in the city centre of Recife. This is the city’s oldest theatre, founded in 1842.