Mercado Eufrásio Barbosa Picture 2

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Barbosa Eufrásio Market (Mercado Varadouro) | Sigismund Gonçalves Avenue, s / n º, Varadouro, Olinda, 3439-2911. Stuck right at the entrance of the city, in the seventeenth century was the seat of the old Royal Customs House, where they sold products from Europe, such as tissues, which were hung on wooden poles with pieces of gold at the tips. Hence the popular name of the place: portage. It stopped some of pop culture fans on Sunday afternoons, when folk groups make presentations maracatu and coco-de-roda. Open Monday to Saturday from 9am to 17.30.

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