Fortaleza São João

Fortaleza São João is a fort in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro. Fortaleza São João is situated nearby to the peak Morro Cara de Cão, as well as near Sugarloaf Mountain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sugarloaf Mountain and Morro Cara de Cão.

Sugarloaf Mountain

Peak

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Sugarloaf Mountain is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a peninsula at the mouth of Guanabara Bay. Rising 396 m above the harbor, the peak is named for its resemblance to the traditional shape of concentrated refined sugarloaf.

Morro Cara de Cão

Peak

Photo: Ibirapuera, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Morro Cara de Cão is a peak.

Urca Beach

Beach

Photo: Sergio Ricardo Ribeiro, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Urca and Flamengo.

Urca

Suburb

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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.

Flamengo

Suburb

Photo: Alicia Nijdam, CC BY 2.0.

Flamengo is a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Leme

Suburb

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Leme is an upper-middle-class neighborhood in the South Zone of the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next to Copacabana, Urca and Botafogo. The neighborhood takes its name from a nearby rock formation whose shape resembles the rudder of a ship.

Fortaleza São João

Type: Fort
Also known as: “Fortaleza Sao Joao”
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude

-22.94305° or 22° 56′ 35″ south

Longitude

-43.1569° or 43° 9′ 25″ west

Open location code

589R3R4V+Q6

GeoNames ID

13013190

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In Other Languages

“Fortaleza São João” goes by many names.

Portuguese: “Fortaleza São João”

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