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Fort Orange
50 km ao Norte do Recife | Itamaracá, Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil Phone: +55 11 95500 3950About
This fort is part of the Brazilian history. Founded by the Dutch, the fort was part of the ancient Dutch colony in Brazil. The Fort of Santa Cruz de Itamaracá , popularly known as Fort Orange ("Forte Orange" due to the Dutch Colonization of the Pernambuco territory ) , located on Itamaracá Island (the word "Itamaraca" means rock that sings, in Tupi-Guarany native language) on the north coast of the state of Pernambuco in Brazil .