Maceió

Maceió on the map of Alagoas

The city of Maceió is the capital of the Brazilian state of Alagoas. It is located on the Atlantic coast and in August 2013 996.736 inhabitants.

History

On the territory of present-day Maceió there since the 17th century sugar cane plantations. In 1815 the settlement Maceió received city status in 1839 and became the capital of Alagoas.

Tourism

Because of the beaches and the hinterland with coconut and mango gardens Maceió is very popular today with tourists.

Archdiocese of Maceió

  • Archdiocese of Maceió

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Ledo Ivo (1924-2012), writer and member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras
  • Fernando Iorio Rodrigues (1929-2010), Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios, a linguist at the Universidade Federal de Alagoas ( UFAL ) and Universidade Federal Fluminense ( UFF ). President of the Academia de Letras Alagoana (AAL )
  • Mário Zagallo (* 1931), as a player and as a coach of Brazilian football World Cup
  • Djavan ( b. 1949 ) Brazilian MPB singer
  • Alexandre Guimarães ( b. 1959 ), Costa Rican football player and coach
  • Kepler Laveran Lima Ferreira ( Pepe ) ( b. 1983 ), Portuguese footballer for Real Madrid
  • Manoel Morais Amorim ( born 1984 ), Brazilian football player at CR Vasco da Gama
  • Marcos Antonio ( * 1988), Brazilian footballer at TSV 1860 München
  • Roberto Firmino (* 1991), Brazilian footballer at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
  • Tiago Fernandes ( * 1993), Brazilian tennis player
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