continuing exchange and
overflow between rio and
niterói
have made the city a formidable
presence in the modern-day
guanabara bay
area.
in the nineties,
niterói
became famous across
brazil as one the cities with the
highest quality of life - also
due to the many environmental policies aimed at preserving the
city's nature.
in 1991 the
parque estadual da serra da
tiririca was created, giving birth to an important area of
preservation of the atlantic rainforest at the border between
niterói
and
maricá.