It was April 10, 1649, when Dutch commander Matias Beck erected a fence made of wood on an isolated hill on the left bank of the mouth of the Pajeú Creek. The strategic position, with a panoramic view of the hostile lands of Ceará, would be fortified with carnauba stakes days later and baptized Forte Schoonenborch. It was the symbol of occupation that, centuries later, would come to identify and baptize the town of Fortaleza.
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(...) The Dutch Fort had its name changed to Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção, from where the village that would give rise to the city of Fortaleza would emerge, founded in April 1726.
In 1637, the Dutch arrived there. They were expelled by the Indians in 1644. But, in 1649, the Dutch returned and built a fort (Shoonenborch) at the margins of the Pagéu river (where the city of Fortaleza would be built). The Portuguese commander Álvaro de Azevedo Barreto was responsible for the effective expulsion of the Dutch in 1654.
(...) The Dutch Fort had its name changed to Nossa Senhora da Assunção Fortress, where the town that would become the city of Fortaleza was founded in April 1726. It was only at the end of the 18th century (January 17, 1799) that the captaincy of Ceará achieved autonomy. In 1823, King Pedro I elevated the village to the condition of province, and with the proclamation of the republic (1889) it became the current state of Ceará.
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Sorry if I do it before some mistake here there some excerpts about the time the dutch was on the coast of here. Rute Bezerra de Menezes Gondim
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