just beyond the northern shore of the
são
gonçalo metropolitan area is an archipelago formed by the
islands of mexingueira, ananases, engenho, carvalho and 'ilha
das flores'.
recently carvalho and flores were embanked
and fused with the coastline, forming a small peninsula which is
nonetheless named 'ilha das flores'.
this was done during the
construction of the br-101 highway, the main access to the
region, which required such drastic works in order to provide
enough space for the large lane.