at a glance
this was an enormous investment and its electrical generator was so powerful at the time that it fed electricity to entire copacabana area. the care and importance that was placed into its construction can be judged by its still standing thick walls. in the summer of 1922, the republican government of brazil was bracing for a revolt, and in thta year the forte of copacabana would earn its place in history. the citizens were not revolting, it was the army thus, to thwart the rebellious plan, the government closed many of its army bases.
