Forte do Presépio

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| native_name = Forte do Castelo do Senhor Santo Cristo do Presépio de Belém

| location = Belém, Pará

| country = Brazil

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| built = {{Start date|1616}}

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| builder = Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco

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Forte do Presépio (formally Forte do Castelo do Senhor Santo Cristo do Presépio de Belém) is a fort located in Belém, Pará, Brazil. It was built in 1616 by Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco at Maúri Point, a promontory on the right bank of the mouth of the Guamá River and Guajará Bay. The first chapel in Belém was located in the fort. It was a temporary structure and was dedicated to Our Lady of Grace, and was moved a few years later to the current Largo da Sé, and became the Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace in the 18th century. The fort was listed as a historic structure by the National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute in 1961.

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References

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{{cite web |url=http://www.ipatrimonio.org/belem-igreja-da-se |title=Belém – Forte do Castelo |language=pt |publisher=iPatrimonio |date=2022 |accessdate=2022-10-28}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ipatrimonio.org/belem-igreja-da-se |title=Belém – Igreja da Sé |language=pt |publisher=iPatrimonio |date=2022 |accessdate=2022-10-10}}

{{Cite web|url=http://fortalezas.org/?ct=fortaleza&id_fortaleza=208|title=Fortalezas.org > Fortification > Forte do Castelo do Senhor Santo Cristo do Presépio de Belém|website=fortalezas.org|language=pt|access-date=2021-05-29}}

{{Cite web|url=http://www.hpip.org/Default/pt/Homepage/Obra?a=662|title=Heritage of Portuguese Influence/ Património de Influência Portuguesa — HPIP|publisher=Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation|website=www.hpip.org|language=pt|access-date=2017-07-08}}

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