Brazil · 18th century
Forte de Santa Bárbara da Vila ranks #8,874 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #64 of the 78 mapped in Brazil. Founded c. 1760, it is older than 15% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 685 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Brazil compares in the castle statistics.
The Forte de Santa Bárbara da Vila, or more simply fort of Santa Bárbara, is situated on the island of Santa Catarina, in the municipality of Florianópolis, in the state of Santa Catarina, in Brazil.
It was erected on a small island, at the strait separating the island from the mainland, on the side of the South Bay. It was intended to protect the settlement of Nossa Senhora do Desterro, today Florianópolis. It was built around the 1760s.
Machine-translated from “Fort de Santa Bárbara da Vila” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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