Fortaleza beaches – 150 years in images

Iracema, the romantic character conceived by writer José de Alencar, depicted in a 1881 painting by José Maria de Medeiros

 

Iracema beach in 1939
Mucuripe beach, Orson Welles's favorite

 

Mucuripe beach
Praia do Peixe
Aerial view with the beach on the top

 

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