• Ilha Fiscal with the Rio–Niterói Bridge and Serra dos Órgãos National Park further on in the background. Ilha Fiscal, or Fiscal Island, is an island in Guanabara Bay...
  • Ilha Fiscal is an island located within Guanabara Bay, bordering the historic city center of Rio de Janeiro, in southeastern Brazil.
  • If you’re rubbing your eyes in disbelief because Ilha Fiscal is home to a castle straight out of a children’s fairytale, then you wouldn’t be the first.
  • Access to the "Ilha" Fiscal (linked to land by a causeway) is normally by a boat, though during bad weather a bus is used.
  • Located in Guanabara Bay, Ilha Fiscal is an island that was used by the local government to build a palace that would serve as the offices of the Brazilian customs...
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  • O popularmente chamado "castelinho" da Ilha Fiscal, um palacete neogótico do século 19, foi construído por Dom Pedro II e seu gabinete de governo.
  • The island was first called "Ilha Fiscal Rat. The name referred to the large number of mice that had been fleeing from snakes from Snake Island.
  • A look at the map shows that Ilha Fiscal is connected to Ilha das Cobras via a road, which in turn is connected to the mainland by a second bridge.
  • Na Ilha Fiscal, destacam-se o Torreão, as salas expositivas que abordam a sua construção, o último baile do Império e a ocupação pela Marinha do Brasil.
  • Visitors can embark on boat and land tours that depart from the nearby Navy Cultural Center and explore Ilha Fiscal and its surroundings.
  • The setting for the event that became known as “The Last Ball of the Empire”, held a few days before the Proclamation of the Republic, Ilha Fiscal.
  • In the Armada revolt in 1893, Ilha Fiscal was heavily damaged by projectiles that hit its walls, in addition to damaging stained glass and furniture.