page_title: Fort of Negrito
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Fort of Negrito / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: Forte do Negrito, São Mateus da Calheta, Angra do Heroísmo, Ilha Terceira, Açores.
context_page_description: The Fort of Negrito is a 16th-century maritime fort situated in the civil parish of São Mateus da Calheta, in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo on the island of Terceira, Azores, Portugal.
context_section_description: The fort is located along the coast, implanted west of Angra, in an area that historically permitted access to ships. Over a rocky coastal shore, the fort followed the slope until the sea level, today in the bathing area of Negrito. The sea pools are located in the east, with spaces to the east and south for sunbathing, accessible from stone steps, with garden, ovens, bar and parking along a western strip. Immediately nearby is the Forte da Igreja (Fort of the Church). Arranged along the battlements are various artillery pieces.
  It is a rectangular fort with an inflected eastern zone, with a building in the interior occupying almost the entire north face.
  The battlements extend along the coastal slope, with the exterior (to the west) escarpment facing the land, painted in white and corners in stonework. This area is crowned by a smooth parapet, while stonework covers the remaining facades, crowned in parapets with merlons and canons in the north and northeast corner, there with metallic tubular guard, painted in blue.
  The facade that faces land is broken by a rectangular door, frame and almost at a right angle, three firing emplacements, also framed. In the fort's northwest angle protrudes the interior body, also visible above the northern curtain.
caption: A perspective of the fort along the coast, showing the recreational pool and bathing area
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