Object description
The Fortaleza de São João da Barra do Rio de Janeiro , popularly known as the Fortaleza de São João or Forte São João Saint John), is a 16th-century star fort in the present-day Urca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, erected by Estácio de Sá to protect Guanabara Bay from French invasion.
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