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Fort of São Sebastião de Alcântara

Brazil · 18th century

Fort of São Sebastião de Alcântara in Brazil
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Fort of São Sebastião de Alcântara ranks #8,978 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #71 of the 78 mapped in Brazil. Founded 1763, it is older than 15% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 685 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Brazil compares in the castle statistics.

The Fort of São Sebastião de Alcântara is located in São Marcos bay, on the mainland, in the city of Alcântara, on the coast of the state of Maranhão, in Brazil.

Machine-translated from “Forte de São Sebastião de Alcântara” on the Portuguese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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