Fort Taurege

Fort of Taurege
Forte do Rio Tauregue
Amapá, Brazil
Coordinates1°17′52″S 50°37′1″W / 1.29778°S 50.61694°W / -1.29778; -50.61694
TypeFort
Site information
Open to
the public
no
ConditionDisappeared
Site history
Built1628

The Fort of Taurege, also known as Fort of Taurege River, Fort of Torrego, Fort of Tourege, Fort of Torrejo, and Fort of Maracapuru, was a colonial era Amazonian fort located in the confluence of the Taurege River (today Maracapuru River) and the Amazon Delta, possibly in the Island of Tucujus.[1]

  1. ^ Sousa, Augusto Fausto de (1885). "Fortificações no Brazil" [Fortifications in Brazil]. RIHGB (in Brazilian Portuguese). XLVIII, Part 2. Rio de Janeiro: 5–140.

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