Copacabana Fort
by Luis Padilha
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The fort occupies an area of approximately 114,000 m2 and was inaugurated on September 28, 1914. Its construction, in form of a bunker, was a challenge to military engineering. The external walls facing the sea, with 12m of thick, host the Krupp German guns (305mm, 190mm and 75mm), settlers in armoured and turntables domes .
The Fort stays between the beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema. The view the photo is the end of Copacabana, with the Sugar Loaf in the background.
During summer 2008, Skol, a beer manufacterer from Brazil, placed a huge big-wheel at Copacabana's Fort
The gigant Big-Wheel from Skol beers was placed at Copacabana's Fort on the frontier of Copacabana's ...
Wikipedia: "Fort Copacabana (Brazillian Portuguese: Forte de Copacabana, is a military base at the s...
The 305mm cannon of the Copacabana Fort.Wikipedia: "Ocupando uma área total de 114.169 m², com 40.000...
Wikipedia: "Fort Copacabana (Brazillian Portuguese: Forte de Copacabana, is a military base at the s...
At the end of Copacabana Beach there is still a fishermen colony with theirs fisher boats. In the mor...
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Now, Brazil covers almost half of South America and its Amazon rainforest is the world's largest jungle... which is rapidly getting cut down. The country is basically one giant botanical garden with some bangin' cities on its edges.
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Text by Steve Smith.
