Petrolina
The city of Petrolina is located 722 km from Recife, in the extreme west of the State of Pernambuco, on the banks of the São Francisco River, in the mesoregion called São Francisco Pernambucano. Petrolina is connected to the city of Juazeiro da Bahia via the Presidente Dutra Bridge. The field studies carried out in the city covered the Center neighborhood and some main access roads to the city, where numerous commercial establishments are located.
![Information wall painting, bus station, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Petrolina_DSC1723-1280x850.jpg)
![Information wall painting, bus station, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Petrolina_DSC1724-1280x850.jpg)
![Typographic landscape on the edge of the São Francisco River, on the Juazeiro-BA side. In the distance is the Presidente Dutra Bridge which links Juazeiro-Petrolina, [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/petrolina_13-1280x850.jpg)
![Boat paintings, São Francisco River, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Home_PETROLINA.jpg)
![Boat painting, São Francisco River, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/PETROLINA_DSC2102.jpg)
![Boat painting, São Francisco River, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/PETROLINA_DSC2109.jpg)
![Information wall painting, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/PETROLINA_DSC1812.jpg)
![Facade sign, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/petrolina_01-600x903.jpg)
![Commercial facade, Av. Agamenon Magalhães, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/PETROLINA_DSC1728.jpg)
![Easel-type sign, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/petrolina_12-e1617345983468-600x822.jpg)
![Easel-type sign, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/PETROLINA_DSC1990-600x904.jpg)
![The painter Zé Moura in his workshop in the Galo Square [Pio XII Square], Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/PETROLINA_DSC2434.jpg)
![The painter Zé Moura in his workshop in Galo Aquare [Pio XII Square], Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/PETROLINA_DSC2403.jpg)
![The painter Genivaldo in his workshop Art Bis in the Center, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Petrolina_DSC1970-1280x850.jpg)
![The painter Genivaldo in his workshop Art Bis in the Center, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/PETROLINA_DSC1947.jpg)
![Molds belonging to the painter Genivaldo in his workshop Art Bis in the Center, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/PETROLINA_DSC1942.jpg)
![Posters created by the painter Genivaldo, Tourist Market, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/petrolina_02-600x851.jpg)
![Posters created by the painter Genivaldo, Tourist Market, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/petrolina_03-600x851.jpg)
![Posters created by the painter Genivaldo, Tourist Market, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/petrolina_04-600x795.jpg)
![Posters created by the painter Genivaldo, Tourist Market, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/petrolina_10-600x827.jpg)
![Easel-type signs, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Petrolina_DSC1688-1280x850.jpg)
![Detail of a commercial wall, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Petrolina_DSC1707-1280x850.jpg)
![Information wall, Av. São Francisco, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Petrolina_DSC1717-600x904.jpg)
![Commercial facade, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Petrolina_DSC2391-1280x850.jpg)
![Commercial sign, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Petrolina_DSC2397-1280x850.jpg)
![São Francisco River, Petrolina-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/petrolina_16-1280x850.jpg)