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Fort Taurege
| Fort of Taurege | |
|---|---|
Forte do Rio Tauregue | |
| Amapá, Brazil | |
| Coordinates | 1°17′52″S 50°37′1″W / 1.29778°S 50.61694°W |
| Type | Fort |
| Site information | |
| Open to the public | no |
| Condition | Disappeared |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1628 |
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]
- ^ 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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