Mosteiro de São Bento de Olinda
Olinda Founded in 1586
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- Mosteiro de São Bento - Olinda - Pernambuco - Brasil · Photo: Prefeitura de Olinda · Flickr · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
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The Mosteiro de São Bento de Olinda is a monastery of Benedictine monks of the Brazilian congregation, located in the Varadouro district, in the historic center of Olinda (Pernambuco, Brazil), a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The monks who came from Bahia arrived in Olinda in 1586. They acquired the land of the current monastery in 1597, completed for the first time in 1599, then rebuilt after the city was burned in 1631 during the Dutch occupation.
The baroque ensemble formed by the basilica and the monastery, situated on the site of the first Benedictine monastery in Brazil, is protected at the national level. The community originates from the monastery of Salvador. Sources consulted do not describe any retreatant accommodation.