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History of Caruaru


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The lands that today form the city of Caruaru were originally a cattle ranch owned by the family Nunes dos Bezerros. This name was given because of the proximity of the farm to the Bezerros Chapel. A couple of orphans used to live with the Nunes family. One of them, Jose Rodrigues de Jesus, took his part of the inheritance, staying in the place lately named Caruaru. There he built a chapel dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. The population started around this chapel. In 1846 the Friar Euzebio de Sales started to build the parish named Igreja Matriz, nowadays a cathedral. In later years, the church was rebuilt twice, the last one in 1883. The geographical position benefited the city, because it's an obligatory stop in the transport of cattle
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