Photographer’s Note
A Portuguese nobleman named Duarte Coelho was the first colonizer to set eyes on the seven hills of Olinda.He arrived there in 1535 and those were his first words: " Oh! Linda ...
Oh! What a beautiful (linda) situation for a village!"
The combination of the two first words, an interjection( Oh ) and an adjective (linda) had formed the name of the city.
That day, Duarte Coelho- who had been assigned by the King of Portugal as the responsible authority for that region in the State of Pernambuco- was probably at the place known today as Alto da Sé, the highest hill in the city (from where I took that picture yesterday).
Olinda is so close to Recife (about 10 Km northern/ aprox.6 miles))that it seems almost like a district of the Capital and once you go to Recife you should also visit Olinda for the beauty of its colonial houses.
In that image you can see two, among its numerous old churches: on your left side, Carmo Convent and on your right side St. Peter Church.
mikolaj_kawa, siamesa, lucasgalodoido, Docarmo has marked this note useful
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mikolaj_kawa
(31287) 2008-03-16 3:40
Ola Nivaldo! Amazing point of view. Amazing seascape. Wonderful cityscape. Nice capture. Very nice colors. Good line of horizon. Wonderful picture. Saude!
siamesa
(13239) 2008-03-16 7:58
Oi Nivaldo,
Olinda, sempre linda! A nota está ótima e as cores do céu estão indescritíveis.Foto nota 1000.
Abraços
Maria
lucasgalodoido
(16789) 2008-03-16 10:57
Olá Nivaldo,
que Linda Olinda mesmo, grande foto amigo, condizente com os 473 anos de história da cidade. Cores magníficas também.
Parabéns e Abraço!
bizsu
(1011) 2008-03-16 16:52
Olá Nivaldo,
Superb photo. I like very much landscape and seascape. Interesting POV. Beautiful city Ohlinda. Parabéns !!
Abraco, Zsú
Docarmo
(8854) 2008-03-16 19:32
Olá Nivaldo,
Oh! Linda! mesmo!!! Again and again! E sempre queremos mais ;-)
Cores e nitidez ótimas!
O céu também está magnífico!
Parabéns!
MCV
Photo Information
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Copyright: Nivaldo AlmeidaFilho (nivaldo)
(13401) - Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2008-03-15
- Categories: Daily Life, Nature, Architecture
- Exposure: f/7.1, 1/1000 seconds
- More Photo Info: view
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2008-03-16 3:37
Discussions
- To miscaro: Olá José (1)
by nivaldo, last updated 03-18 17:24 - To Docarmo: Aguarde mais ! :-))) (1)
by nivaldo, last updated 03-17 08:31 - To bizsu: Just write : Olinda ! (2)
by nivaldo, last updated 03-16 17:13 - To lucasgalodoido: Oi Lucas ! (1)
by nivaldo, last updated 03-16 16:08 - To siamesa: Olinda, ontem, 15 de Março de 2008 (1)
by nivaldo, last updated 03-16 16:05 - To mikolaj_kawa: That´s OLINDA ( Oh ! Linda ! ) (1)
by nivaldo, last updated 03-16 03:46








