Forte de São Tiago das Cinco Pontas explained

Location:	Recife, Pernambuco
Country:	Brazil
Type:	Fort
Coordinates:	-8.0714°N -34.8653°W
Pushpin Map:	Brazil
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of Forte de São Tiago in Brazil
Pushpin Label:	Forte de São Tiago

Forte de São Tiago das Cinco Pontas is a fort located in Recife, Pernambuco in Brazil.^{[1] [2]}

It is on the location of the former Fort Frederik Hendrik, a pentagonal fortress built by the Dutch in 1630 near Mauritsstad, the capital of Dutch Brazil, and named after Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange. Portuguese forces retook Recife in 1654 and demolished the fortress in 1677.^[3]

See also

• Dutch invasions of Brazil
• Military history of Brazil
• Siege of Recife (1630)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fortalezas.org > Fortification > Forte de São Tiago das Cinco Pontas. fortalezas.org. pt. 2021-05-29.
2. Web site: Heritage of Portuguese Influence/ Património de Influência Portuguesa — HPIP. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. www.hpip.org. pt. 2017-07-08.
3. Book: Temminck Groll, C.L. . Coenraad Liebrecht Temminck Groll . W. . van Alphen . The Dutch Overseas Architectural Survey: Mutual heritage of four centuries in three continents . . Zwolle . 2002 . 45.