Forte de Sao Joao (Fort of St. John), is a 16th-century star fort in the present-day Urca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, erecte

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Forte de Sao Joao (Fort of St. John), is a 16th-century star fort in the present-day Urca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, erected in 1565 to protect Guanabara Bay from French invasion.

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