St. Joseph's Cathedral, Fortaleza
The St. Joseph's Cathedral ( pt, Catedral Metropolitana de São José) also called Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Joseph is a Catholic church, home of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fortaleza, Archdiocese of Fortaleza, located in Fortaleza in Brazil. The present church was built on the site of the old church. It took forty years to complete the building, beginning in 1938 and being inaugurated in 1978. It can accommodate five thousand people and its towers reach 75 meters high. French architect George Maunier signed the draft Eclecticism in architecture, eclectic style with a predominance of Gothic Revival architecture, neo-Gothic, with references to the Cologne Cathedral in Germany and very similar to the Chartres Cathedral in Chartres, France. ''Saint Joseph, São José'' is the saint linked to the cathedral which is also known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Fortaleza. See also *Roman Catholicism in Brazil *St. Joseph's Cathedral (other) References Texte du ti ...
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Fortaleza
Fortaleza (, locally , Portuguese for ''Fortress'') is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. It belongs to the Metropolitan mesoregion of Fortaleza and microregion of Fortaleza. It is Brazil's 5th largest city and the twelfth richest city in the country in GDP. It also has the third richest metropolitan area in the North and Northeast regions. It is an important industrial and commercial center of Brazil, the nation's eighth largest municipality in purchasing power. According to the Ministry of Tourism, the city reached the mark of second most desired destination of Brazil and fourth among Brazilian cities in tourists received. The BR-116, the most important highway of the country, starts in Fortaleza. The municipality is part of the Common Market of Mercosur Cities, and also the Brazilian state capital which is closest to Europe, from Lisbon, Portugal. To the north of the city lies the Atlantic Ocean; to the south are the municipalities of Pacatuba, E ...
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