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Cultural and heritage travel

Forts

Walls and cannons on headlands tell of the struggle for ports, bays and borders.

Built to defend ports, bays and borders, forts and fortresses occupy headlands with wide views. Walls, cannons and barracks tell of territorial disputes, and several house small museums.

Where to go: Forts

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Tap a state or a region to see the cities. Mapa: @svg-maps/brazil, CC BY 4.0

Macapá AP
Fortaleza de São José de Macapá.
Belém PA
Forte do Presépio e Casa das Onze Janelas.
Salvador BA
Forte de Santo Antônio da Barra e Forte São Marcelo.
Cabedelo PB
Fortaleza de Santa Catarina.
Recife PE
Forte das Cinco Pontas.
Tamandaré PE
Forte de Santo Inácio de Loyola.
Natal RN
Forte dos Reis Magos.
Corumbá MS
Forte Junqueira.
Cabo Frio RJ
Forte São Mateus.
Niterói RJ
Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra.
Rio de Janeiro RJ
Forte de Copacabana.
Bertioga SP
Forte de São João.
Paranaguá PR
Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres.
Florianópolis SC
Fortaleza de São José da Ponta Grossa.
Governador Celso Ramos SC
Fortaleza de Santa Cruz de Anhatomirim, em ilha.

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São Francisco do Sul SC
Forte Marechal Luz.