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Copacabana Fort & Army History Museum
Praça Coronel Eugenio Franco, Posto 6, Copacabana
Rio De Janeiro
Southwest Brazil
Brazil
(21) 287-2192
Type: Museum
Hours: Tues-Sat, 10 am-4 pm. The Café is closed on Sun.
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Rio De Janeiro
Southwest Brazil
Brazil
(21) 287-2192
Type: Museum
Hours: Tues-Sat, 10 am-4 pm. The Café is closed on Sun.
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Truthfully, there are scores of museums more interesting than the Museu Histórico do Exército e Forte de Copacabana, but we’ve included it to encourage you to visit the fort, whose setting is incomparable. Additionally, you‘ll find it hard to resist a cup of coffee or a caipirinha at the new Colombo Café on the fort grounds.
Built in 1914 to strengthen the defenses of Guanabara Bay prior toWWI, the fort sits on a promontory that juts into the bay. It also
separates Copacabana Beach from Arpoador Beach. You can’t miss the whitewashed building as you walk westward on Avenida
Atlântica. The entrance, through a guarded gate, leads to a grassy promenade where highly polished cannons are kept in tip-top shape.
The view of Guanabara Bay and Copacabana are stunning, especially at dusk. The small museum traces the history of Brazil’s army from colonial times through the present using a variety of media.
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