Brazil · 18th century
Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Araçatuba ranks #8,672 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #56 of the 78 mapped in Brazil. Founded 1742, it is older than 18% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 685 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how Brazil compares in the castle statistics.
The Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Araçatuba, or more simply fortress of Araçatuba, is situated on the island of Araçatuba, in the municipality of Palhoça, in the state of Santa Catarina, in Brazil.
It was erected at the entrance to the South Bay, between the island of Santa Catarina and the mainland.
Designed and built by Brigadier José da Silva Paes, first governor of the Captaincy of Santa Catarina (1739–1745), it is a remnant of the defensive system of the entrance to the South Bay, whose passage it blocks, complementing the defensive system of the entrance to the North Bay. Together, these two systems were to provide protection for the island of Santa Catarina, consolidating the Portuguese occupation of southern Brazil and serving as a base for maintaining Portuguese domination over the colony of Sacramento. Work began in 1742 and was completed two years later.
Machine-translated from “Forteresse de Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Araçatuba” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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