The coast of the Piauí
Stretch of the Brazilian coast where, they are the city and the city of Luiz Leather strap had its first European visitors still in the dawn of century XVI Was the first piece of the current piauiense territory touched by the white people of the Europe.
Established the Portuguese domain, many had been the navigators who had walked for the coast of that they would be later the South America. The coast of the Piauí, as well as the estuary of the river Parnaíba and other coastal geographic accidents, Mapeados from innumerable expeditions had in the first century of the settling had been all duly. Having in the cattle creation its first economic activity, in the coast the fishing activity is the Agregador element of the first nucleus of white inhabitants who, according to historical registers, had constituted from 1820 the maritime population of Knotting.
It is standed out that gone and the comings of the regal legislation that made use on the creation of the Captainship of the Piauí in century XVIII finish for more than trying the appropriation for the Ceará of the littoral area continental piauiense a century. In this context, Knotting is born as a population under pertaining to the state of Ceará jurisdiction and will be emancipated while municipality under the laws of the said province, in the year of 1874, installed officially in 1879. Under the auspices of the Ceará, already if it becomes headquarters of District and Clientele in 1865 and 1870, respectively.
In 1880, by Imperial act of law, the city of Knotting is incorporated the Piauí, by means of exchange made with the city of Imperial Prince, who passed to the jurisdiction of the people from the state of Ceará (they are today the cities of Crateús and Independência) with enormous advantage. As bedding of the decision, for beyond the recognition of an old one and proven mark border, the necessity of the Piauí was alleged to have maritime port, what it has been a permanent aspiration of the littoral population, notadamente of its economic elites.
Serious, however, it was an avalanche (undertow) of the sea in 1888, that it almost made to disappear under the tides and sand clouds the headquarters of the municipality. Reconstructed gradually, the Village estagnou, until in 1922 she was on for railway to the remain of the Piauí.
In the decade of 1930, the city had its original and poetical denomination changed of Knotting for Luiz Leather strap, name of a son of the land.
From years 70, Luis Leather strap has passed for a process of urban exploration in function of the dynamism of the tourist activity. The population, that during more than a century functioned as station of summering of the parnaibanos, saw to all install in its territory thousand of pertaining beach houses the deriving people of the state, Notadamente of the Capital, Teresina.
Beach of Atalaia
It is the agitated beach more of the piauiense coast, with more than 50 bars and a great flow of people.
Beach of the Coconut palm
The beach if transformed into a great tourist health-resort, with houses of summering in almost all its edge.
Rock of the Salt -
It is the beach of the coast where championship of Surf is become fullfilled, for possesss enormous waves, where also many fishing live.
Beach of Macapá
When pouring its waters in the sea, the river Macapá forms a beautiful appearance of tranquillity.
Beach of the Great Bar
Calm, ideal town for rest. Entardecer is gorgeous.
Cajueiro de Praia
Ovoado fishing P, beach for leisure and Natural Habitat of the marine Fish-ox.