The walls of the Santa Cruz da Barra Fortress were erected in 1555 using rocks that were cut and settled by hand. Located on the entrance of the Guanabara Bay, it has 45 cannons from the 18th and 19th centuries and a chapel built in 1612 with a 18th century image of Santa Bárbara. The São Luiz Fortress finished building in 1775 and has a collection of cannons of different calibers that were used during the 2nd World War and were brought to Brazil as wars trophies. On the top of the Pico Fort, the visitors will be surprised with a 360º view that encompasses the Santa Cruz Fortress, the city of Rio, the entrance of the Guanabara Bay, the Corcovado and the Sugar Loaf. Built in 1555, Barão do Rio Branco Fort is the oldest one in the complex, and was the place in which the Dutch squad and the Duclerc French expeditions were defeated.