Fortress
Fort of São João Baptista
🇵🇹 Portugal · 16th century
The Fortress of São João Baptista (Portuguese: Forte de São João Baptista), also known as the Fort of São Filipe or Fort of Monte Brasil is a historic fortress and defensive emplacement, located in the civil parish of Sé, municipality of Angra do Heroísmo in the Portuguese island of Terceira, archipelago of the Azores.
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Fort of São João Baptista ranks #2,848 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #39 of the 82 mapped in Portugal. Founded 1591, it is older than 38% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 307 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how Portugal compares in the castle statistics.
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