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Fort of São João
Fort of São João. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Fort of São João (Portuguese: Forte de São João), also known as Fort of Biscoitinho (for the lava rock formations along its coastal frontier), is a medieval fort, in the civil parish of São Mateus da Calheta, in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, on the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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