• Ceará’s capital city established itself around the Fortress ofOur Lady of the Assumption”, (the Patron Saint of the city), and was founded by the...
  • The fortress of Our Lady of the Assumption is an old place in Fortaleza Brazil which was built by the Dutch in 1649...
  • ...1630 when the Portuguese built a fort called the Fortress of Our Lady of Assumption, leading to the development of a surrounding town which became Fortaleza.
  • Five years later the Portuguese conquered it and renamed it Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (the Fortress of Our Lady of Assumption).
  • Five years later the Portuguese conquered it and renamed it Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (the Fortress of Our Lady of Assumption).
  • Five years later the Portuguese conquered it and renamed it Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (the Fortress of Our Lady of Assumption).
  • Five years later the Portuguese conquered it and renamed it Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (the Fortress of Our Lady of Assumption).
  • Forte de Nossa Senhora da Assuncao (Fortress of Our Lady of the Assumption).
  • Five years later the Portuguese conquered it and renamed it Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (the Fortress of Our Lady of Assumption).