Fort of the Holy Cross (São Roque do Paraguaçu)

Fort Santa Cruz do Paraguaçu is located on the right bank of the mouth of the Paraguaçu River, in the current city of Maragojipe, state of Bahia, dominating the access to the Recôncavo Baiano.

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Fort of the Holy Cross (São Roque do Paraguaçu) ranks #4,636 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #37 of the 62 mapped in Brazil. Founded 1700, it is older than 25% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 350 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. See how Brazil compares in the castle statistics.

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