History of Cabo Frio

Cabo Frio is a city of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Is located at 22 º 52'46 "south latitude and 42 º 01'07" west longitude, at an altitude of four meters above sea level. It borders east Armação dos Búzios, Arraial do Cabo south, and Araruama São Pedro da Aldeia west, and Casimiro de Abreu e Silva Jardim north. It is the seventh oldest city in Brazil.
    Shortly after being discovered by Amerigo Vespucci in 1503, the Cabo Frio suffered constantly French and Dutch, who explored Brazil wood this pirate attacks in the city. At that time, the population that inhabited the city, Tamoios Indians were wanted by the Portuguese so that they could help them in exploring the site.
    During the year, the French exploited increasingly the city, clearly establishing its domain, which was facilitated by the same union with the Indians of the region. In 1575, the governor of Rio de Janeiro organized an army of Portuguese and Indians catequisados ​​to end this Franco- Tamoyo domain. Then there was a war in Cabo Frio, where over ten thousand Indians were killed and the Portuguese had their power over the city returned.
   The city of Cabo Frio is founded only in 1615, on the 13th of November, earning the name " Our Lady of the Assumption Cabo Frio." Little later was created a village to house the Indian allies, now where is the city of São Pedro da Aldeia.
   The first governor of Cabo Frio was Stephen Gomes. He was a wealthy planter and slave trader. Gomes had the primary mission of preventing smuggling and foreign invasions. For this, lifted the Forte de São Matheus, located in Praia do Forte, which was completed in 1620.
Stephen Gomes distributed land, especially among religious orders, to inhabit and populate the city, this action has stimulated the formation of the city. The first urban nucleus of the city was developed which is currently the neighborhood Passage.
    With a severe crisis in the Portuguese salt, Cabo Frio region began to develop, due to the ease for the production of salt in Araruama Lake. With this impulse in the economy caused by the onset of the salt production, a new urban center began to be built in the area where today is Porto Rocha Largo Santo Antônio. The council was established and the city now has a political and administrative life.

   The visit to Dom Pedro II made the city in 1847, narrowed the relationships Cabo Frio had with the Imperial Government, who donated an amount to the construction of the cover of the Source Itajuru and another for Charitas, aiming to facilitate their maintenance and install an infirmary, which was very important due to the epidemics of yellow fever and smallpox that took over the region during the nineteenth century. 

    It was from the twentieth century, after the discovery of the city by visitors from all over Brazil, the city's tourism began to develop an accelerated growth. Since then, tourism has become the main economic activity of the city, next to the fishing.

   Currently, Cabo Frio is a major tourist center with a huge network of hotels and inns for domestic and foreign tourists take advantage of its natural beauty. Its beaches are famous for white sand. Its tropical climate where the sun shines all year strong and hardly ever rains, strongly stimulates this beachy tourism.