Brazil · 18th century
Perpétuo Defensive Fort ranks #8,998 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #73 of the 78 mapped in Brazil. Founded 1793, it is older than 12% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 685 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how Brazil compares in the castle statistics.
The Perpétuo Defensive Fort is a building located in the Brazilian municipality of Paraty, erected in the year 1793, in the town's first settlement nucleus, then called Vila de São Roque. The fort was built with the aim of protecting the shipment of gold along the Estrada Real, as well as the region's sugar production.
Machine-translated from “Forte Defensor Perpétuo” on the Portuguese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
View on the interactive castle map →