Copacabana Fort (Rio de Janeiro)
| military, fortification
Brazil /
Rio de Janeiro /
Rio de Janeiro /
Praça Coronel Eugênio Franco
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/ Brazil
/ Rio de Janeiro
/ Rio de Janeiro
World / Brazil / Rio de Janeiro / Rio de Janeiro
military, fortification
A rare example of a surviving 1900s-era coast artilery fortress, complete with Krupp turrets.
Now serves as the symbolic headquarters for the Brazilian military and a popular military museum.
Nice views of Guanabara Bay, it can be visited for less than 2 dollars.
Now serves as the symbolic headquarters for the Brazilian military and a popular military museum.
Nice views of Guanabara Bay, it can be visited for less than 2 dollars.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copacabana_beach
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 22°59'11"S 43°11'11"W
- Rua Coelho Cintra - Vila Militar Copacbana 3.2 km
- Escola Naval (EN) 8.6 km
- Naval base - Mocanguê island 14 km
- Island of Flores - Brazilian Marine Corp 18 km
- Casa do Marinheiro (CMN) 20 km
- Centro de Educação Física Almirante Adalberto Nunes 20 km
- Aeronáutica 21 km
- Third Battalion of infantry, Brazilian Marines Corps. 23 km
- Afonsos Air Force Base 25 km
- Escola de Instrução Especializada 28 km
- Coronel Eugênio Franco Square 0.1 km
- Fairmont Rio de Janeiro Copacabana Hotel / Shopping Cassino Atlântico 0.3 km
- Devil Beach 0.4 km
- River Building 0.5 km
- Garota de Ipanema Park 0.5 km
- Edificio Bronx 0.5 km
- Arpoador beach 0.7 km
- Copacabana Beach 1.3 km
- Copacabana 1.4 km
- Ipanema 1.6 km