State of Paraiba - Northeast of Brazil

In the middle of century XVI, Portuguese colonists coming from Pernambuco founded, next to the sickle of the Paraíba river, the town of Filipéia de Nossa Senhora it give Neves, present João Pessoa. Immediately the culture of the sugar cane had beginning, that took to Dutch Portuguese, French and to dispute the territory. The cultural and historical influence of these three towns is present to date in the architecture, monuments and the green eyes of many of the inhabitants of the State.

João Pessoa and Great Campina concentrate a good part of the economy of Paraíba, cradle in the industry of the leather, the tourism and the farming activity.

With respect to the tourism, besides knowing beaches and the nature the state, it is recommended to enjoy the local kitchen, cradle in the seafood and plates preparations with dry meat and flour of cassava. The typical plate is arrumadinho, done with kidney beans, dry meat, tomato, onion, pepper, coriander and flour of cassava.

João Pessoa, Filipéia de Nossa Senhora gives Neves, later red-baptize like João Pessoa and transformed into the State Capital of Paraíba, it was founded on 1585 in the sickle of the Paraíba river. The place was chosen by the Portuguese to raise the fort of São Filipe, that it had like objective to fight the French invasion in the region. She is one of the oldest cities of the country, his historical center includes churches, palaces, small palaces and constructions of colonial and the past imperial.

House gives Powder, powder magazine that provided arms to the troops against the invaders.
The Convent of Santo Antônio and the church of São Francisco constitute the “baroque park�? that began to be constructed in 1589 and which it finalized 200 years later.
Monastery, work considered important by the beauty of its facade, that includes decorated sculpture and tiles and works carved in wood, that they reflect the influence of the indigenous art.
Most of the beaches are in their environs. Among them they are those of Tambaú, to 7 km. of the capital, that form, with its beauty and the rafts in the sea, one of most famous postcards of the state; the one of the Penha, to 2 km., a small village of fishermen that maintains vestiges of the civilization far; and, a little more distant, to 48 km., the one of Tambaba, unique in the Northeast dedicated only to the fans to the naturismo.
To 14 km. of downtown is the Eastern end of the South American continent, the Ponta do Seixas, where the first aurora is born from Brazil. Alongside, the Cabo Branco, one of beaches more frequented by the beauty of its cliffs of 50 ms of height and by the fort that the same name has

Cabedelo, to 18 km. of João Pessoa, where the strength of Santa Catarina was constructed, defensive strategically important point of the invasion of Dutch and French. Also is the Island of Areia Vermelha, where during the months of December and January, a vast sand bank emerges from waters. The municipality enjoys a strategic importance for the economy of the state, since in its port is the unique commercial warehouse of export of Paraíba.

Inside the state, to 120 km. of João Pessoa, is Great Countryside, second city in population of the state, where one of the majors is celebrated celebrations of San Juan of the planet. The night of San Juan, 24 of June, do Povo, an extension of 42,000 is commemorated in the Park m2 - half of the stage of Maracanã, in Rio de Janeiro. Adorned with pennants and bonfires scattered by all the corners, the city of 326,000 inhabitants receives an average of 400,000 people of all the country and the foreigner to attend this great celebration.

Pedras do Ingá, place where are inscriptions of high archaeological value.

Sousa, located in sertão of Paraíba, to 480 km. of the capital, it lodges Vale two Dinossauros, considered by the students like one of the most important paleontological deposits of the world, with Jurassic tracks of left species makes by the minuses 70 million years. The sign of the tracks has been forming a footpath to borders of the River do Peixe, where they lived, for centuries, iguanodonte and alosauro.

In Ingá, to 96 km. of the capital, they emphasize the inscriptions carved on rocks, known as Pedras or Itacoatiaras do Ingá, that wakes up the curiosity of scientists, students and tourists. Surrounded by a mystery dawn, the millenarian inscriptions form indecipherable symbols, of high archaeological value. Three currents try to define their origin: they could be written by native of the region; they could be the manifestation of an evolved culture of another continent; or it has until those who think that they would be a message of extraterrestrial that visited our planet.