Tartaruga beach
Calm water.
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Rio das Ostras, «River of Oysters», is a coastal city of about 156,000 people in Rio de Janeiro state, between Macaé and Cabo Frio, known for its calm beaches and seafront promenade. The Tamoio and Goitacá peoples lived here, and its river was once called Leripe, «big oyster». It then became part of a land grant given by Governor Martim Correia de Sá in 1630, marked out with stone markers. A relic of that era is a stone well built on the seashore in the mid-eighteenth century, where people drew water to drink and wash, restored in 2000. Its best-known beaches are Tartaruga, Centro, Bosque and Costazul, where a pier runs 200 metres out over the water for strolling and fishing, with views of the region's hills. On the promenade stands a centuries-old fig tree under which Emperor Pedro II is said to have rested.
Calm water.
Strolling and fishing.
Eighteenth century.
Rio das Ostras, north coast of Rio de Janeiro state
«River of Oysters».