Experts' Choice Award Conjunto Arquitetonico da Praca da Republica
What the experts agree on
Recife's historic plaza anchors Rio Antigo with formal gardens redesigned by landscape architect Burle Marx, featuring tall trees, a graceful fountain, and the stately Palácio do Campo das Princesas government building.
“Praça da República contains a formal park with tall trees and a pretty fountain, and is including the Palácio do Campo das Princesas , seat of the Pernambuco state government.”
– Lonely Planet
Fodor's "In the heart of Rio Antigo, the city's original cultural and political meeting point of the 17th century was given a new lease on life by landscape architect Burle Marx in the 1930s." Full review
