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List Of Star Forts
This is a list of bastion forts. Angola * Fortaleza de São Miguel, Luanda * Fort Nossa Senhora da Vitória * Fort São Pedro da Barra * Fortress of Muxima * Fortress of Kambambe * Fort São Filipe * Fortress of São Francisco do Penedo, Fort São Francisco do Penedo * Fort of Kikombo, Quicombo Fort * Fort São José (Encoje), Fort São José Antigua and Barbuda * Fort James, Antigua and Barbuda, Fort James Bahrain * Forte de Barém – also known as the Qal'at al-Bahrain Belarus * Brest Fortress Benin * Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá, ''São João Baptista'' Brazil *Fort Orange (Dutch Brazil), Fort Orange (Fortaleza de Santa Cruz), Ilha de Itamaracá, State of Pernambuco *Forte de Tiago das Cinco Pontas, Recife, Pernambuco, State of Pernambuco *Forte de São João Batista do Brum, Recife, State of Pernambuco *Fortaleza de São José de Macapá, Macapá, Amapá *Forte do Presépio, Belém, Pará *Forte Príncipe da Beira, in Costa Marques, Rondônia *Forta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coevorden
Coevorden (; ; ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Drenthe, in the east of Netherlands, the Netherlands. During the 1998 municipal reorganisation in the province, Coevorden merged with Dalen, Sleen, Oosterhesselen and Zweeloo, retaining its name. In August 2017, it had a population of 35,267. Etymology The name ''Coevorden'' means "cow Ford (crossing), ford(s)" or "cow crossing", similar to ''Bosporus'' or ''Oxford''. History Coevorden received City rights in the Low Countries, city rights in 1408. It is the oldest city in the province of Drenthe. The city Siege of Coevorden (1592), was captured from the Spanish in 1592 by a Dutch and English force under the command of Maurice, Prince of Orange. The following year it Siege of Coevorden (1593), was besieged by a Spanish force but the city held out until its relief in May 1594. Coevorden was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forte Das Cinco Pontas
Forte or Forté may refer to: Music *Forte (music), a musical dynamic meaning "loudly" or "strong" *Forte number, an ordering given to every pitch class set *Forte (notation program), a suite of musical score notation programs *Forte (vocal group), a classical crossover singing trio Computing *Forté 4GL, a proprietary application server *Forté Agent, an email and news client used on the Windows operating system * Forte TeamWare, a family of development environments from Sun Microsystems * NetBeans IDE, formerly Forté for Java Companies *Forte Design Systems, an American software company *Forte Group, a former British hotel company *Forté Internet Software, makers of Forté Agent * Forte Land, a Chinese large-scale real estate company * Forte Oil PLC, former name of Ardova Plc, a Nigerian energy group *Trust House Forte, a British hotel and catering firm Fictional characters *Forte Stollen, a character from the Galaxy Angel anime * Bass (''Mega Man''), a character in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forte Príncipe Da Beira
Forte Principe da Beira ( Portuguese for "Prince of Beira Fortress") is a fortification on the lower part of the Guaporé River close to its confluence with the Mamoré River in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. The fort was built from 1776 to 1783 and is one of only two forts that the Portuguese Empire built in the inner regions of Brazil. It was named after the heir of Portugal, styled as the Prince of Beira. The Portuguese built it to secure their border against the expanding Spanish Empire, which controlled the areas to the southwest of Rondônia. The military use of the fort was abandoned in 1889. The fort has an outer wall with a height of 10 m and a length of 1 km. It has four bastions, which originally carried 14 cannons each. Only one of those cannons still remains today. Inside the wall there are ruins of a chapel, soldier quarters, a prison and various utility buildings. References Sources * Regis St. Louis, Andrew Draffen: ''Brazil''. Lonely Planet Lonel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pará
Pará () is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana and Suriname, to the northeast of Pará is the Atlantic Ocean. The capital and largest city is Belém, which is located at the Marajó bay, near the estuary of the Amazon river. The state, which is home to 4.1% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for just 2.2% of the Brazilian GDP. Pará is the most populous state of the North Region, Brazil, North Region, with a population of over 8.6 million, being the ninth-most populous state in Brazil. It is the second-largest state of Brazil in area, at , second only to Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas upriver. Its most famous icons are the Amazon River and the Amazon rainforest. Pará produces Natural rubber, rubber ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belém
Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará), often called Belém of Pará, is the capital and largest city of the state of Pará in the north of Brazil. It is the gateway to the Amazon River with a busy port, airport, and bus/coach station. Belém lies approximately 100 km (62.1 miles) upriver from the Atlantic Ocean, on the Pará River, which is part of the greater Amazon River system, separated from the larger part of the Amazon delta by ''Ilha de Marajó'' ( Marajo Island). With an estimated population of 1,303,403 people — or 2,491,052, considering its metropolitan area — it is the 12th most populous city in Brazil, as well as the 16th by economic relevance. It is the second largest in the North Region, second only to Manaus, in the state of Amazonas. Founded in 1616 by the Kingdom of Portugal, Belém was the first European colony on the Amazon but did not become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forte Do Presépio
Forte do Presépio (formally Forte do Castelo do Senhor Santo Cristo do Presépio de Belém) is a fort located in Belém, Pará, Brazil. It was built in 1616 by Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco at Maúri Point, a promontory on the right bank of the mouth of the Guamá River and Guajará Bay. The first chapel in Belém was located in the fort. It was a temporary structure and was dedicated to Our Lady of Grace Our Lady of Grace is a Titles of Mary, Title of Mary. The feast day associated with this title is February 7. The title of Our Lady of Grace is venerated in many countries throughout the world under various aspects. Many parishes, churches, and sc ..., and was moved a few years later to the current Largo da Sé, and became the Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace in the 18th century. The fort was listed as a historic structure by the National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute in 1961. See also * Military history of Brazil * Tupinambás Uprising References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amapá
Amapá (; ) is one of the 26 federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil. It is in the North Region, Brazil, North Region of Brazil. It is Federative units of Brazil#List, the second-least populous state and the eighteenth-largest state by area. Located in the far northern part of the country, Amapá is bordered clockwise by French Guiana to the north for 730 km, the Atlantic Ocean to the east for 578 km, Pará to the south and west, and Suriname to the northwest for 63 km. The capital and largest city is Macapá. The state has 0.4% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for only 0.22% of the Brazilian gross domestic product, GDP. In the colonial period the region was called Portuguese Guiana and was part of Portuguese Empire, Portugal's State of Brazil. Later, the region was distinguished from the other The Guianas, Guianas. Amapá was once part of Pará, but became a separate territory in 1943, and the decision to make it a state was made in 1988. The first state legis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macapá
Macapá () is a city in Brazil with a population of 512,902 (2020 estimate), and is the capital of Amapá state in the country's North Region, Brazil, North Region, located on the northern channel of the Amazon Delta near its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean. The city is on a small plateau on the Amazon in the southeast of the state of Amapá. The only access by road from outside the province is from the Overseas France, overseas France, French Departments of France, department of French Guiana, although there are regular ferries to Belém, Brazil. Macapá is linked by road with some other cities in Amapá. The equator runs through the middle of the city, leading residents to refer to Macapá as "''The capital of the middle of the world.''" It covers and is located northwest of the large inland island of Marajó and south of the border with French Guiana. History Macapá is a corruption of the Tupian languages, Tupi word ''macapaba'', or "''place of many bacabas''", the fruit of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortaleza De São José De Macapá
Fortaleza de São José de Macapá is a fort located in Macapá, Amapá in Brazil. See also *Military history of Brazil The military history of Brazil comprises centuries of armed actions in the territory encompassing modern Brazil, and the role of the Brazilian Armed Forces in conflicts and peacekeeping worldwide. For several hundreds of years, the area was the ... * Central Market of Macapá References External links Sao Jose Buildings and structures in Amapá Portuguese colonial architecture in Brazil National heritage sites of Amapá {{Forts and fortresses of the Portuguese empire , state=collapsed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forte De São João Batista Do Brum
Forte de São João Batista do Brum (often simply Forte do Brum) is a fort located in Recife, Pernambuco Pernambuco ( , , ) is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.5 million people as of 2024, it is the List of Brazilian states by population, ... in Brazil. See also * History of Pernambuco References External links Sao Joao Buildings and structures in Recife Portuguese colonial architecture in Brazil {{Forts and fortresses of the Portuguese empire , state=collapsed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pernambuco
Pernambuco ( , , ) is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.5 million people as of 2024, it is the List of Brazilian states by population, seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,067.877 km2, it is the List of Brazilian states by area, 19th-largest in area among federative units of the country. It is also the sixth-most densely populated with around 92.37 people per km2. Its capital and largest city, Recife, is one of the most important economic and urban hubs in the country. Based on 2019 estimates, the Recife metropolitan area, Recife Metropolitan Region is seventh-most populous in the country, and the second-largest in Northeast Region, Brazil, northeastern Brazil. In 2015, the state had 4.4% of the national population and produced 2.8% of the national gross domestic product (GDP). The contemporary state inherits its name from the Captaincy of Pernambuco, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recife
Recife ( , ) is the Federative units of Brazil, state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil, on the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of South America. It is the largest urban area within both the North Region, Brazil, North and the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of Brazil. It is the largest city in Pernambuco state, and the fourth-largest urban area in all of Brazil; the Metropolitan area, metro population of the city of Recife was 3,726,974 in 2022. Recife was founded in 1537, serving as the main harbor of the Captaincy of Pernambuco—known for its Brazilian sugar cycle, large-scale production of sugar cane. At one point, it was known as Mauritsstad, when it served as the capital city of the 17th century colony of New Holland (Brazil), New Holland of Dutch Brazil (founded by the Dutch West India Company). Situated at the confluence of the Beberibe River, Beberibe and Capibaribe River, Capibaribe rivers, before they drain into the South Atlantic Ocean, Recife is a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
