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Mauritsstad

Mauritsstad was the planned town built by Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen on the island of Antônio Vaz beside Recife, the capital of Dutch Brazil, from the late 1630s. It included his palaces of Vrijburg and Boa Vista, gardens, canals and a bridge linking it to Recife. After the Dutch surrender in 1654 it became part of Recife, forming the district of Santo Antônio.

Mauritsstad
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Mauritsstad. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mauritsstad
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