Dom Lustosa is a neighborhood in the western zone of

Fortaleza Fortaleza ( ; ; ) is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeastern Brazil. It is Brazil's 4th largest city—Fortaleza surpassed Salvador, Bahia, Salvador in 2022 census with a population of slightly over 2.4 mi ...

– CE, in the Northeast Region of Brazil, which until 2020 was part of the Regional Executive Office III (). After 2020, under decree No. 14,899 it became part of Territory 37, in Region 11. The neighborhood is delimited by the Alagadiço Creek in the north, the Senador Fernandes Tavora Avenue in the south, the Coronel Matos Dourado Avenue in the east and the Cardeal Arcoverde, bordering Autran Nunes, in the west. There are two

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s; named for

Fernão Dias Fernão Dias Pais Leme (1608–1681) was a Paulista bandeirante. He was known as the Emerald Hunter () and was one of the most prominent bandeirantes together with António Raposo Tavares. He is the great-great-grandfather of the Saint Frei ...

and

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, and four public schools, Justiniano de Serpa, Ayrton Senna, Paulo Freire and Waldemar Alcantara.

Photos gallery

File:Ficheiro-Rua Eurico Medina.jpg, Eurico Medina Street, one of the first in the neighborhood File:Capela Santa Luzia.jpg, Chapel of Santa Luzia, on the Coronel Francisco Bento Street File:Unitêxtil.jpg, Textile industry Unitêxtil

References

Neighbourhoods in Fortaleza {{Ceará-geo-stub