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Forte do Presépio

Forte do Presépio

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Forte do Presépio (formally Forte do Castelo do Senhor Santo Cristo do Presépio de Belém) is a fort located in Belém, Pará, Brazil. It was built in 1616 by Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco at Maúri Point, a promontory on the right bank of the mouth of the Guamá River and Guajará Bay. [1][2] The first chapel in Belém was located in the fort. It was a temporary structure and was dedicated to Our Lady of Grace, and was moved a few years later to the current Largo da Sé, and became the Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace in the 18th century. The fort was listed as a historic structure by the National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute in 1961.[3][4]

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  1. "Fortalezas.org > Fortification > Forte do Castelo do Senhor Santo Cristo do Presépio de Belém". fortalezas.org (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  2. "Belém – Forte do Castelo" (in Portuguese). iPatrimonio. 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  3. "Belém – Igreja da Sé" (in Portuguese). iPatrimonio. 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-10.



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