Forte do Presépio
Forte do Presépio 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Túllio F, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours:
Tuesday—Friday: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
public holidays, Sunday, and Saturday: 10:00 AM—2:00 PM - Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: fortress in Belém, Pará
- Also known as: “Forte do Castelo de Belém”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palace of the Eleven Windows and Feira do Açaí.
Palace of the Eleven Windows
The House of the Eleven Windows Cultural Space, initially called Palace of the Eleven Windows, is a complex composed of a public square and a historical building located in the Brazilian city of Belém, in Pará. Palace of the Eleven Windows is situated 110 metres southwest of Forte do Presépio.
Feira do Açaí
Marketplace
Photo: Fernando Dall’Acqua, CC BY 2.0.
The Feira do Açaí is a public trading post, an open-air market for the commercialization of açaí, a small port area, and a set of bars, which is part of the Ver-o-Peso Complex, located on the shores of the Guajará Bay in the district of Cidade Velha, in the city of Belém, Pará, Brazil. Feira do Açaí is situated 100 metres northeast of Forte do Presépio.
Dom Frei Caetano Brandão Square
Park
Photo: ViniF1tean, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Dom Frei Caetano Brandão Square, originally called Largo da Sé, is located in the Cidade Velha neighborhood in the Brazilian city of Belém, capital of the state of Pará. Dom Frei Caetano Brandão Square is situated 130 metres south of Forte do Presépio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cidade Velha and Batista Campos.
Cidade Velha
Suburb
Photo: Celso Abreu, CC BY 2.0.
Cidade Velha, initially called Mairi, Cidade or Sé neighborhood, is a historic area of the capital of Pará, Belém, founded in the 1620s. It is the first and oldest neighborhood in the city, originated from the Portuguese colonial settlement Feliz Lusitânia…
Forte do Presépio
- Categories: fortress, historic site, heritage site, building, and tourism
- Location: Belém, Pará, North, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-1.45427° or 1° 27′ 15″ southLongitude
-48.50527° or 48° 30′ 19″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
68CHGFWV+7VOpenStreetMap ID
way 92037492OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Portuguese—“Forte do Presépio” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “貝倫城堡”
- Indonesian: “Forte do Presépio”
- Italian: “Forte do Presépio”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Belém”
- Portuguese: “Forte do Castelo de Belém”
- Portuguese: “Forte do Castelo do Senhor Santo Cristo do Presépio de Belém”
- Portuguese: “Forte do Castelo”
- Portuguese: “Forte do Presépio”
- Portuguese: “Museu do Forte do Presépio”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Forte do Presépio”. Photo: Túllio F, CC BY-SA 4.0.