Brazil · 17th century
Forte de São Tiago das Cinco Pontas ranks #8,211 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #42 of the 78 mapped in Brazil. Founded 1630, it is older than 28% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 710 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Brazil compares in the castle statistics.
Forte de São Tiago das Cinco Pontas is a fort located in Recife, Pernambuco in Brazil.
It is on the location of the former Fort Frederik Hendrik, a pentagonal fortress built by the Dutch in 1630 near Mauritsstad, the capital of Dutch Brazil, and named after Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange. Portuguese forces retook Recife in 1654 and demolished the fortress in 1677.
Text adapted from “Forte de São Tiago das Cinco Pontas” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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