Fort Copacabana
Fort Copacabana is a military base at the south end of the beach that defines the district of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The base is open to the public and contains the Museu Histórico do Exército and a coastal defense fort that is the actual Fort Copacabana.
- Fort
- …dates from 1914
- Description: military building in Rio de Janeiro
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arpoador and Igreja da Ressurreição, Rio de Janeiro.
Igreja da Ressurreição, Rio de Janeiro
Church
Igreja da Ressurreição, Rio de Janeiro is a church, which is situated 730 metres west of Fort Copacabana.
General Osório Square
Park
General Osório Square is a square in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. General Osório Square is situated 1¼ km west of Fort Copacabana.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Copacabana and Ipanema.
Copacabana
Suburb
Copacabana is a Brazilian bairro located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Zona Sul
The South Zone of Rio de Janeiro is where most tourists usually stay.
Fort Copacabana
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Latitude
-22.98585° or 22° 59′ 9″ south
Longitude
-43.18474° or 43° 11′ 5″ west
Open location code
589R2R78+M4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Fort Copacabana” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حصن كوباكابانا”
- Catalan: “Fort de Copacabana”
- Chinese: “科帕卡瓦納砲台”
- Croatian: “Tvrđava Copacabana”
- Dutch: “Fort Copacabana”
- Dutch: “Forte de Copacabana”
- French: “fort Copacabana”
- French: “Fort de Copacabana”
- German: “Forte de Copacabana”
- Hebrew: “מבצר קופקבנה”
- Italian: “Forte di Copacabana”
- Japanese: “コパカバーナ要塞”
- Lithuanian: “Kopakabanos fortas”
- Macedonian: “Тврдина Копакабана”
- Macedonian: “Форт Копакабана”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Copacabana-fortet”
- Norwegian: “Copacabana-fortet”
- Persian: “دژ کوپاکابانا”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Copacabana”
- Portuguese: “Forte de Copacabana”
- Portuguese: “MHEx”
- Portuguese: “MHEx/FC”
- Portuguese: “Museu Histórico do Exército / Forte de Copacabana”
- Portuguese: “Museu Histórico do Exército e Forte de Copacabana”
- Portuguese: “Museu Histórico do Exército”
- Romanian: “Fortul Copacabana”
- Russian: “Форт Копакабана”
- Slovenian: “Trdnjava Copacabana”
- Spanish: “Fuerte de Copacabana”
- Swedish: “Copacabanafortet”
- Turkish: “Copacabana Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Форт Копакабана”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Arpoador and Poste.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Cafe 18 do Forte and Arte & Rio.
Rio de Janeiro: Highlights
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