• Fortress of Our Lady of the Assumption is set 1.9 km from the Fortaleza accommodation.
  • The Pedra da Risca do Meio State Marine Park near Fortaleza is ideal for diving. It is worth visiting the Fortress of Our Lady of the Assumption in the central...
  • ...Fortress of Our Lady of the Assumption, its thick, white walls still surround the interior, offering no doubt that this has been a stronghold in Fortaleza for centuries.
  • 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).
  • Five years later the Portuguese conquered it and renamed it Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (the Fortress of Our Lady of Assumption).
  • ...who renamed it Fortaleza da Nossa Senhora de Assunção ("Fort of Our Lady of the Assumption"), after which the city of Fortaleza takes its name.