THE STORY HAS PARACURU START BEFORE CABRAL discovered Brazil. According to
historian Rodolfo Spínola books " Vicente Pinzon e a Descoberta do
Brasil" and " Naufragos, Traficantes e Deportados" written by
journalist Eduardo Bueno: 29 de Janeiro de 1500, Spanish navigator Vicente
Yáñez Pinzón was the protagonist of the first battle Brazilian land between
Europeans and indigenous paracuruenses Tremembés the outskirts of Rio Curu.
Twenty natives died in combat and eight Spanish.
Its origins date back to the late sixteenth century, already in 1888 was the
village Alto Alegre do Parazinho; elected city in 1951
