Built in 1910, this theatre is a precious vestige of the early-20C city, strongly influenced by the French Belle Epoque. It is laid out in two parts that flank an interior court: on one side stands a neo-Classical façade housing the hall, the ticket ..

A craft market and two museums now occupy the galleries of this colonial-style former prison (1866). The interesting Museu de Arte e Cultura Popular exhibits some 1 500 sculptures (wood, terracotta and woodcut) where the religious fervour of the in..

The Centro Cultural Dragão do Mar is a 30 000m 2 cultural complex, which was inaugurated in 1999 and encompasses an auditorium, theatre, cinema, planetarium and two museums. The Memorial da Cultura Cearense presents theme-based exhibitions on regi..

Over the course of a dozen rooms, the Museu do Ceará recounts the history of the state of Ceará, in particular the abolitionist struggles that shook the region in the 1880s, and the growth of its capital, Fortaleza, at the turn of the 19C. You can al..

Before Mucuripe Port was constructed (1940-1980), boats used to draw alongside the tip of the Ponte dos Ingleses, a metal pier at the entrance to Iracema Beach. Today it is used by passers-by, who lean on the illuminated handrail as they admire the ..