GET TO KNOW NITERÓI
Only 13 kilometers separate the beauties of Niterói from Wonderful City. A visit would be justified by the beautiful view that one has of the biggest tourist attractions of Rio de Janeiro. However, Niterói is much more. The Contemporary Art Museum (MAC), The Niemeyer Path, the Fort´s Complex, the well-known Fish Market, the Fashion Pole, the diversified commerce and the gastronomy of excellence point to Niterói as a tourist destination of relevance in the national scenario.
Niterói is one of the best cities in Brazil to live, work and invest. Betting on the productive capacity of its residents and its business potential, like the naval industry, Niterói has solidly achieved a prominent place in the Rio de Janeiro and national scenario.
According to data from INEP (Ministry of Education / 2000), Niterói has the highest school attendance rate among the population aged 7 to 14 (97.52%). The average number of years of study reaches 9 , 5 with a literacy rate of 96.4% among the population over 15 years. The basic investments give the city the best qualification of labor of all the State of Rio de Janeiro, surpassing even the capital.
According to the UNDP, the third Human Development Index (HDI) of the country, Niterói offers its population examples of prevention in the area of health and basic sanitation. A pioneer in the implantation of the Family Medical Program, the municipality is one of the few in Brazil to have 100% of its area served with treated water and 75% of the waste collected and treated in an extensive sewage network that includes five Treatment Stations .
Niterói has adopted public policies focused on urban development, allied to an extensive and planned process of social inclusion, prioritizing the areas of health, education, economic development, education, culture and sanitation.
Those who live in Niterói have reason to be proud. For years considered a “dormitory city”, the municipality is now a reference in services and quality of life, showing that it is possible to grow unified, generating jobs, income and investments.
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CITY HISTORY
Fearing a new foreign attack after the French invasion (1555), the Governor General offered Araribóia, Martim Afonso de Souza, in 1568, the concession of lands (corresponding to most of the present territory of Niterói) formerly owned by Antônio Martins. The village founded by the Indian temiminó Araribóia, with solemn inauguration in 1573, received the denomination of São Lourenço dos Índios. Niterói was elevated to the category of Vila in 1817, with São Domingos as its headquarters. Dom Joao used to go to Santo Domingo, staying in a mansion donated for this purpose. But since the place did not include the construction of public buildings, the Vila’s headquarters eventually moved to Praia Grande, where Rink Square is now.
São Lourenço dos Índios became known as Vila Real da Praia Grande in 1819. Only in 1834 is it elevated to the category of city, denominating Nictheroy (water hidden in Tupi-Guarani), becoming capital of Province of Rio de Janeiro. The political-administrative importance gave new impetus to the city and its growth became more and more visible, with the multiplication of the public buildings commercial, residential and also the opening of new streets.
Maritime transport, at the beginning of the 19th century, was carried out by vessels driven by slaves. In 1835, the service of steam navigation of the Company of Navigation of Nictheroy appears, connecting the River to Niterói. In 1862, the Ferry Company appeared, with more comfortable and luxurious boats. In 1956, the waterway station of Niterói is inaugurated. With the remodeling of the boats, the route will be done in 20 minutes. However, due to the constant stoppages in the crossing, in 1959, the population of Niterói depredates and sets the station on fire.
The beginning of the last century (1906-1910) in Niterói was marked by the concretization of an urbanization project that included the paving of the Alameda São Boaventura in Fonseca and the Avenida da Praia de Icaraí. Also in this period the first seat of the City Hall (Araribóia Palace) was built and the Campo de São Bento was developed in Icaraí.
The opening of Avenida Ernani do Amaral Peixoto in 1942 was a landmark in the process of modernizing the city. The road, ripping the commercial center of the city, promoted the dismemberment of land. About 230 buildings were demolished for the implantation of the new allotment, resulting in an avenue 1,003 meters long by 20 meters wide.
The construction of Avenida do Contorno, in Barreto, aimed to connect the port and railway areas of Niterói to the center of São Gonçalo. Opened in 1960, the route improved urban traffic conditions between the two municipalities.
The Rio-Niterói Bridge, inaugurated in 1974, is the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. The construction has the largest continuous straight beam span in the world – the central span, a steel structure 300 meters long suspended 60 meters of height. It is the most important outposted structure in the Americas, with more than 2,150 kilometers of cables in its bowels and one of the three largest bridges in the world in terms of volume (ratio of length, width and height of pillars and foundations). >
Complementary law no. 20, of 1974, would effect the merger of the States of Guanabara and Rio de Janeiro, removing the condition of capital from Niterói. The implantation of the new State of Rio de Janeiro took place in 1975.
