The "Casa do Trem" (Ammunition Depot) was built in 1762, next to the
Santiago Fort, for the guard of armaments and equipments for troops sent
from Portugal, to reinforce the defense of the city, threatened by
corsaires that came in search of gold in the state of Minas Gerais.
When raised to the condition of capital of the State of Brazil, in 1764
Count Bobadela built the War Arsenal, used for the fabrication of munitions
and and repairing of arms.
The arrival of the Royal Family, in 1808, the Independece, in 1822 and the
establishment of the Empire, transformed the complex "Casa do Trem" and War
Arsenal into a great center for the production and the guard of armaments
for the Brazilian Army. |
