on the northern side of
ilha do governador, in the back of
the bay, is praia do rosa, or beach of the rose.
it is located between the neighborhoods of
tauá and
bancários.
what used to be
a calm, sandy beach changed in the 1960s with the construction of a dockyard,
and the housing projects built by many of the workers who permanently relocated
to the area as a result of the airport construction.