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Episode Synopsis
Recife Brazil We are standing in front of the rectory of Uninassau, located in the Graças neighbourhood in Recife. The Maurice de Nassau University pays homage to a central figure of the Dutch invasion of Pernambuco in the 17th century: Count Maurice de Nassau, who ruled Dutch Brazil from 1637 to 1644.
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