About Nova Jerusalém

NOVA JERUSALEM is a theater-city, surrounded by a stone wall, with seven doors and seventy towers, spread in an area of about seventy thousand square meters, which is equivalent to one-third of the encircled area of Jerusalem in Jesus Christ's days. Scattered throughout this area, one find twelve stages, which are actually buildings mode out of granite, which constitute the scenery for the acting and make up the route that the public and the actors must follow.


The complex, extraordinary integiated in the dry landscape of the Brazilian Northeast, is something impressive, savage and unbelievable. Classified with a five-star mark by Guia 4 Rodas of Brazil as "a very interesting turistic event-you should see" and by COTAL magazine as one of the three greatest Brazilian turistic events, NOVA JERUSALEM, the biggest open-air theater in the world is run by the Fazenda Nova Theatrical Society, a cultural and artistic non-profit organization.

In NOVA JERUSALEM during Holy Week, on saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday and on Easter Saturday evenings at 6 PM, the story of Christ's Passion and Death is presented.

It's the only one of its kind in the world in which five hundred actors and adresses, utilizing twelve stages, perform the life and the process of Jesus, in sixty scenes of extraordinary and beautiful realism; It is even possible to hear the actors breath, through the ultramodern sound system, with two hundred loudspeakers. The spectacular sound and light effects moke Christ's Passion and Death an unforgettable and fantastic show.



Come visit Pernambuco. Come see NOVA JERUSALEM.

All year round it has its seven doors open to you. It's during Holy Week, however, that you've got eight days to get over your problems and participate in the greatest outdoor mobile theatrical ploy of the world. The show begins when you start your car or seat comfortably on your bus seat; is goes on through the paved roads with their outstanding views.

The apex is Christ's Passion and Death in NOVA JERUSALEM. But the show isn't over yet, the show never ends. This magic trip you've made will remain forever in your memory, so you'll be looking forward to returning. Come visit Pernambuco. Come see NOVA JERUSALÉM.