Forte de Copacabana Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Page Content Page Name (for URL) Don't put anything here Page Title Breadcrumb Text Don't put anything here Right between Ipanema and Copabana there is a small peninsular, with a small fortress known as Forte de Copabana. It's often closed and when open charges admission, so it's not a road you would take if walking from Copacabana to Ipanema. Two weeks ago, however, we were passing by, it was open, so we went in. The fortress itself is a typical early 20th century fortification, much like the ones in Vladivostok, actually. But the views of Copacabana from it are quite nice. Here is a map from Google Maps to help make sense of the photos: <img src="/etc/forte-de-copacabana.png"/> Now the photos (the later photos are from Ipanema, some of them looking towards Dois Irmãos peaks): <2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2007-03-03-forte/20070303_008_0325 2007-03-03-forte/20070303_014_5087 x2 2007-03-03-forte/20070303_004_4966 --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2007-03-03-forte/20070303_016_8271 2007-03-03-forte/20070303_007_1537 --- --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ x3 2007-03-03-forte/20070303_033_2573 --- --- 2007-03-03-forte/20070303_005_9628 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- --- --- 2007-03-03-forte/20070303_013_4508 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- --- --- 2007-03-03-forte/20070303_038_7064 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2007-03-03-forte/20070303_050_0884 2007-03-03-forte/20070303_055_6388 2007-03-03-forte/20070303_056_1719 2007-03-03-forte/20070303_057_4457 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2007-03-03-forte/20070303_069_7652 Ipanema and Arpoador 2007-03-03-forte/20070303_076_8563 Ipanema 2007-03-03-forte/20070303_080_4904 Ipanema 2007-03-03-forte/20070303_090_9227 Dois Irmãos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Page Content Template Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter Don't put anything here HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Guru Fields Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI Don't put anything here A summary of your changes Edit Summary save preview cancel