Castle
Fortaleza de São José da Ponta Grossa
🇧🇷 Brazil · 18th century
Fortaleza de São José da Ponta Grossa is a fort located on the northern end of Santa Catarina Island in the municipality of Florianópolis, capital of Santa Catarina state, in southern Brazil.
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Fortaleza de São José da Ponta Grossa ranks #3,908 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #19 of the 62 mapped in Brazil. Founded 1740, it is older than 21% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 329 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how Brazil compares in the castle statistics.
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