Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra
Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra is a fort located in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.Photo: Halleypo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: fort in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Also known as: “Fortress of Santa Cruz”
- Historically known as: “Fort Santa Cruz”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fortaleza de Santa Cruz Lighthouse and Tamandaré da Laje Fort.
Tamandaré da Laje Fort
Castle
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tamandaré da Laje Fort is a castle, which is situated 1½ km west of Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra.
Jurujuba
Pitch
Jurujuba is a promontory and one of the 48 administrative districts of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is located in the southern zone of the city, situated on the coast of the Guanabara Bay. Jurujuba is situated 2 km east of Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Charitas and Gragoatá.
Charitas
Suburb
Photo: Claudney Neves, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Charitas is one of the 48 neighborhoods in which the city of Niterói, in Brazil is divided. The area was part of the Jesuitic Sesmaria, where the Jesuits built a cemetery and a church consecrated to Saint Francis Xavier. Charitas is situated 4 km east of Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra.
Gragoatá
Suburb
Photo: Mircezar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gragoatá is one of the 48 administrative districts in the city Niterói, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. It lies in the southern zone of the city, on the coast of the Guanabara Bay. It holds the main campus of the Fluminense Federal University. Gragoatá is situated 4 km north of Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra.
Urca
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Urca is a residential neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a population of nearly 7,000. Although most of the neighborhood dates from the 1920s, parts of it are much older. Urca is situated 4 km southwest of Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra.
Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra
- Categories: cultural heritage, fortress, castle, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-22.93802° or 22° 56′ 17″ southLongitude
-43.13349° or 43° 8′ 1″ westElevation
19 metres (62 feet)Open location code
589R3V68+QJOpenStreetMap ID
way 203261900OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
7116059Wikidata ID
Q10283631
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra” goes by many names.
- French: “Fort de Santa Cruz da Barra”
- Indonesian: “Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Guia”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza de santa cruz da barra”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza de santa cruz”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Santa Cruz”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra”
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