Gravatá
The town of Gravatá is located 85 km from Recife, on the Borborema Plains, in the mesoregion called Agreste Pernambucano and the microregion of Vale do Ipojuca. The region is famous for its furniture and handicraft makers. In the field studies, we walked along several streets in the center of town and around its urban perimeter along the highway BR-232 in order to take photographs.
![Sign photographed on Rua Duarte Coelho, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GRAVATA_DSC_4601.jpg)
![Sign photographed in the district of Santo Antônio, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GRAVATA_DSC0886.jpg)
![Easel-type sign, Rua Duarte Coelho, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Home_GRAVATA.jpg)
![Sign photographed on Rua Duarte Coelho, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GRAVATA_DSC_4597.jpg)
![Facade sign, Center, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GRAVATA_DSC0890.jpg)
![Commercial facade, Av. Agamenon Magalhães, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GRAVATA_DSC_4615.jpg)
![Hand cart photographed near Rua Cons. Francisco Bezerra, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GRAVATA_DSC_4778.jpg)
![Commercial facade, Santo Antônio district, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gravata_03-1280x850.jpg)
![Commercial facade, Av. Agamenon Magalhães, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GRAVATA_DSC_4594.jpg)
![Sign photographed on Rua Duarte Coelho, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GRAVATA_DSC_4546.jpg)
![The painter Carlinhos in his workshop in Travessa Santo Amaro, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gravata_02-1280x851.jpg)
![The painter Carlinhos in his workshop in Travessa Santo Amaro, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gravata_01-1280x850.jpg)
![Sign photographed in the Santo Antônio district, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Gravata_DSC0887-600x904.jpg)
![Banner and signs photographed on Rua Sérgio Loreto, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Gravata_DSC0900.jpg)
![Commercial facade sign, Rua Quintino Bocaiuva, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Gravata_DSC0904-1280x850.jpg)
![Commercial facades, Urban perimeter on the highway BR-232, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/GravataDSC_4523_1-1280x850.jpg)
![Advertising wall painting, Urban perimeter of the highway BR-232, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/GravataDSC_4633_1-1280x850.jpg)
![Commercial facade, Av. Agamenon Magalhães, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/GravataDSC_4773_1-1280x850.jpg)
![Wall Advertising, Center, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/GravataDSC_4587_1-600x904.jpg)
![Sign photographed on Av. Agamenon Magalhães, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/GravataDSC_4576_1-1280x850.jpg)
![Sign photographed near Rua Sérgio Loreto, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/GravataDSC_4774_1-1280x850.jpg)
![Truck photographed near Rua Cons. Francisco Bezerra, Gravatá-PE [2013].](https://www.designvernacular.com.br/abridoresdeletras-en/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/GravataDSC_4779_1-1280x850.jpg)