Editing Fortaleza (section)

===Colonial period===
{{See also|Timeline of Fortaleza|History of Brazil}}
[[File:Fort schoonenborch.jpg|thumb|left|Plan of Fort Schoonenborch in 1649]]
Colonisation began in 1603 when [[Portugal]] was part of the [[Iberian Union]], when the [[Portuguese People|Portuguese]] [[Pero Coelho de Souza]] constructed the Fort of São Tiago and founded the settlement of ''Nova Lisboa'' (New [[Lisbon]]).{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} After a victory over the French in 1612, [[Martins Soares Moreno]] expanded the Fort of São Tiago and changed its name to Forte de São Sebastião.<ref name=visit>[http://www.visitfortaleza.com/ceara/history.html History of Fortaleza and Ceará] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714120857/http://www.visitfortaleza.com/ceara/history.html |date=July 14, 2014 }} at Fortaleza, Ceará site</ref>

In 1630 the Dutch invaded the [[Brazilian Northeast]] and in 1637 they took the Fort of São Sebastião and ruled over Ceará. In battles with the Portuguese and natives in 1644 the fort was destroyed.<ref name=visit/> Under captain Matthias Beck the [[Dutch West Indies Company]] built a new fortress by the banks of river Pajeú. Fort ''Schoonenborch'' ("graceful stronghold") officially opened on 19 August 1649. After the capitulation of [[Pernambuco]] in 1654, the Dutch handed over this fortress to the Portuguese, who renamed it ''Fortaleza da Nossa Senhora de Assunção'' ("Fortress of Our Lady of the Assumption"), after which the city of Fortaleza takes its name.<ref>[http://www.visitfortaleza.com/travel/fort-nossa-senhora-assuncao.html The Fortress of Nossa Senhora da Assunção] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609163844/http://www.visitfortaleza.com/travel/fort-nossa-senhora-assuncao.html |date=June 9, 2014 }} at Fortaleza, Ceará site</ref>

Fortaleza was officially founded as a village 1726, becoming the capital of [[Ceará]] state in 1799.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/destination/cities/city=11693/profile-detail.html|title=Fortaleza|work=2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil|publisher=FIFA|access-date=May 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515025706/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/destination/cities/city=11693/profile-detail.html|archive-date=May 15, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>