Forte das Cinco Pontas

Recife, Italy

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. Portugu

ese forces retook Recife in 1654 and demolished the fortress in 1677.

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Nearby

Forte de São Tiago das Cinco Pontas monumenti
Basilica of Our Lady of the Rock, Recife basilica · 0.4 km away
Mercado de São José market_hall · 0.5 km away
Concatedral São Pedro dos Clérigos chiese · 0.5 km away
Estação Ferroviária Central (Capibaribe) musei · 0.6 km away
Casa da Cultura museum · 0.7 km away
Church of Our Lady of the Conception of the Military beni_culturali · 0.8 km away
Convento e Igreja de Santo Antônio chiese · 1 km away