Domed turrets
At the corners.
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The Fort of Monte Serrat, on the Itapagipe Peninsula overlooking the Bay of All Saints, was built between the 1580s and 1609 and is described as one of the few Brazilian forts to keep its original late-16th-century appearance. Known until the 19th century as the Fort of São Felipe, it is an irregular polygon with round, domed turrets at its corners, and its design is attributed to the Tuscan engineer Baccio de Filicaia. It stands above the Church and Monastery of Monte Serrat, one of the oldest church buildings in Brazil, and was listed as national heritage in 1938. It is one of four forts recorded from that period and shares its plan with the second version of the Fort of Santo Antônio da Barra.
At the corners.
Open views.
Old Salvador.
Itapagipe Peninsula, Salvador
It is one of the few Brazilian forts that keeps its original late-16th-century appearance.
