Praia de Iracema (lit. "Iracema Beach") is a beach and a neighborhood located in the Brazilian city of

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 t ...

in the state of

Ceará Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the ...

. Its name comes from the character Iracema that gives name to a famous novel by the ''cearense'' writer

José de Alencar José Martiniano de Alencar (May 1, 1829 – December 12, 1877) was a Brazilian lawyer, politician, orator, novelist and dramatist. He is considered to be one of the most famous and influential Brazilian Romantic novelists of the 19th century, ...

. In the past the locality was called ''Porto das Jangadas'' (lit. "

Jangada A jangada is a traditional fishing boat (in fact a sailing raft) made of wood used in the northern region of Brazil. The construction of the jangada incorporates some improvements in neolithic handcraft - better materials were found and the ph ...

s Port") and then ''Praia do Peixe'' (lit. "Fish Beach"), now ''Praia de Iracema''. Until 1947, it was the port area of Fortaleza, with loading and unloading of goods and people through the ''Ponte Metálica'' (lit. "Metallic Bridge"), deactivated after the construction of the Port of Mucuripe. Today it is a bohemian neighborhood of the city.

Photos gallery

File:Iracema Beach, Fortaleza, Brazil 1.jpg, Towers in Praia de Iracema (Iracema beach) File:Iracema Beach, Fortaleza, Brazil 3.jpg, Boardwalk at Praia de Iracema (Iracema beach) File:Iracema Beach, Fortaleza, Brazil.jpg, Statue in Praia de Iracema (Iracema beach) File:Ponte dos Ingleses em Fortaleza 44.jpg, ''Ponte dos Ingleses'', sometimes mistakenly called ''Ponte Metálica'', that is another structure located west of this and served as a port. File:Estoril em Fortaleza 01.jpg, Estoril in Praia de Iracema (Iracema beach)

References

{{Authority control Neighbourhoods in Fortaleza Landforms of Ceará Beaches of Brazil