Fortress
Forte de São Francisco Xavier de Piratininga
🇧🇷 Brazil
The Fort of São Francisco Xavier de Piratininga, also known as the Fort of São Francisco Xavier da Barra or simply as the Fort of Piratininga, is located in the Inhoã Cove, in the city of Vila Velha, in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. Strategically erected at the base of Penha Hill, its mission was to defend the southern bar of Vitória Bay, on the coast of the former Captaincy of Espírito Santo.
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Forte de São Francisco Xavier de Piratininga ranks #4,635 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #36 of the 62 mapped in Brazil. See how Brazil compares in the castle statistics.
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