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Fort of São Julião da Barra
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1579
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1579
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- António Jerónimo Metello1896–1946 · military personnel
- João de Castro Osório1899–1970 · poet
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
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Data completeness
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Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q10284030)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Fort of São Julião da Barra. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fort-of-sao-juliao-da-barra
Chicago
"Fort of São Julião da Barra." World Prisons. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fort-of-sao-juliao-da-barra.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-fort-of-sao-juliao-da-barra,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Fort of São Julião da Barra},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fort-of-sao-juliao-da-barra},
urldate = {2026-07-22}
}