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at a glance

originally, the project involved a two-level structure with a gun battery on each level. a new road connected it to the bateria da praia de fora.  the new fort contained formidable fifty artillery pieces.

additional work and improvements continued up to 1870 but then ceased the following year - no further work or improvements were made at the fort for quite some time.  arrow-back     arrow-forward

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