Fortaleza, the main town of the Brazilian state Ceará, while the third largest city in northeastern Brazil.
Name of Fortaleza, the city has been the emergence of the whole Brazilian metropolis. In translation, this name means "strength". History of Fortaleza is very bloody. The first conquerors of the city (Portugal) were just after settlement cruelly and violently pozabíjeni local Indian population, who even affixing a certain degree of cannibalism. Literally ate the Portuguese bishop. After the failure of Portugal to Fotalezy He also Dutch, who in the city built the first fort - Forte Schoonenborch. But in the end in these places or they abstain longer and so are those of the original colonizers became both a very long time and last.
Fortaleza today, of course, is not so bloody, live in it approx 2 million people. Tourists, this Brazilian city very popular, mainly due zdejšímu weather. Fortaleza is the city with the largest number of sunny days per year throughout Brazil. The sun shines here 240 days per year and the time these days, even the sky will not find even one cloud. Around the city are situated 24 km long sandy pláže.Zajímavostí amazing also is that Brazilians have never been to the beach nelehají the ground, as is customary for example in the European coastal States. Brazilians spend their days sitting on the beach under an umbrella at a table where they prepared various goodies and cold drinks. Often also prefer lounging by the sea instead set off to walk or run down the coast.
Fortaleza is also a real paradise for shopping. In the city does not only find all sorts of markets, but also street shops, where locals sell their own hand-made products. Even the center reminds its visitors one big market. The city is famous for all over Brazil, mainly the sale of rare lace and leather goods. Worth mentioning is also then that Fortaleza is the biggest hammock (hammock) in Brazil.
