at a glance

it was disbanded again in 1895 and left to abandonment - but at the end of the 19th century during the government of marechal floriano peixoto, the fort became part of a general effort to modernize and strengthen the Brazilian armed forces.

nicknamed the 'the iron marshal' peixoto found it necessary to rule with strength due to the many problems and opposition to his brief government - The investment on the fort was enormous and its electrical generator was so powerful at the time that it fed electricity to entire copacabana area.