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| Monument to Aquidabã Shipwreck |
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This
is an obelisk based upon a stony structure under which rest the
mortal remains of the crew of Aquidabã, a battleship that
sank in the coast of Angra dos Reis in january 1906. Aquidabã
was then the most powerful ship of the Brazilian Navy and the
accident killed around 60 high officers. Such a disaster
frustrated the settlement of the Brazilian naval arsenal in
Angra dos Reis, more precisely in a place known as Baía de
Jacuecanga. If the officers had succeeded in doing it, Angra dos
Reis would have become the first military port of Brazil.
The general conservation of the Monument to Aquidabã Shipwreck is good and its original characteristics have been kept. It was built in 1913 and is situated in a place known as Ponta do Leste, 16 km from the highway BR-101 and near the place where the military port should have been settled. This memorial monument is plenty visited by tourists and many historians have narrated, either in verse or in prose, the history of this place. The final access is done through a paved road along a village known as Vila da Petrobrás or via an anchorage (which is, however, no longer working). |
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