Fortaleza de Santa Teresa

The Fortaleza de Santa Teresa, or Fortaleza Santa Tereza is a military fortification located 36 km (22 mi) south of Chuy and 305 km (190 mi) northeast of Montevideo on Route 9, in the Rocha Department of eastern Uruguay. It lies about 800 m (2,600 ft) from the coast at Playa la Moza, almost halfway between Angostura (to the south) and La Coronilla (to the north),

north of Punta del Diablo and roughly 4 km (2.5 mi) northeast of the northeast bank of the Laguna Negra. It lies within the Santa Teresa National Park. It was erected from October 1762 by the Portuguese, having abandoned the attempt at building a fort in Maldonado and leaving the Fuerte San Miguel.

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Fortaleza de Santa Teresa ranks #2,867 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #2 of the 2 mapped in Uruguay. Founded 1762, it is older than 18% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 329 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how Uruguay compares in the castle statistics.

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