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Forte de São Tiago das Cinco Pontas
Recife, Pernambuco in Brazil
View inside the fort
Forte de São Tiago is located in BrazilForte de São TiagoForte de São TiagoLocation of Forte de São Tiago in Brazil
Coordinates8°04′17″S 34°51′55″W / 8.071417°S 34.865306°W / -8.071417; -34.865306
TypeFort

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.

See also

References

  1. "Fortalezas.org > Fortification > Forte de São Tiago das Cinco Pontas". fortalezas.org (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  2. "Heritage of Portuguese Influence/ Património de Influência Portuguesa — HPIP". www.hpip.org (in Portuguese). Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  3. van Nederveen Meerkerk, H.C. (1991), "Fortificaties in Hollantsch Brasil", Bulletin KNOB, vol. 6, pp. 205–210
  4. Temminck Groll, C.L.; van Alphen, W. (2002). The Dutch Overseas Architectural Survey: Mutual heritage of four centuries in three continents. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. p. 45.

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