The Brazilian Naval School (Escola Naval) is an Academy

Academy

An academy is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership.The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece. In the western world academia is the...

 of the Brazilian Navy

Brazilian Navy

The Brazilian Navy is a branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible for conducting naval operations. It is the largest navy in Latin America...

, the Brazilian equivalent of the US Naval Academy, located in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

, on Villegagnon Island

Villegagnon Island

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 just inside of Guanabara Bay

Guanabara Bay

Guanabara Bay is an oceanic bay located in southeastern Brazil in the state of Rio de Janeiro. On its western shore lies the city of Rio de Janeiro, and on its eastern shore the cities of Niterói and São Gonçalo. Four other municipalities surround the bay's shores...

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The Brazilian Naval Academy is an institution of higher education, which aims to train officers of the Brazilian Navy

Brazilian Navy

The Brazilian Navy is a branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible for conducting naval operations. It is the largest navy in Latin America...

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History

Its origins go back to the founding of the Royal Guard of the Marine in 1792 at the Palace Square, in Lisbon

Lisbon

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, with the task of training the officers of the Portuguese Royal Navy.
With the Napoleonic invasion of Portugal

Portugal

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 in 1807, the Portuguese Royal Academy of Navy was transferred to Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

 in 1808.
With the independence of Brazil

Brazil

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 (1822), the institution receives the name of Brazilian Naval Academy.

Regatta

To celebrate its foundation, every year the Navy promotes the traditional Naval School Regatta, the largest sailing race in Latin America

Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

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Academics

Naval Engineering

• 1-Mechanics
• 2-Weapons Systems
• 3-Electronics

Engineering (Marine Corps)

• 1-Mechanics
• 2-Weapons Systems
• 3-Electronics
• 3-Medicine

Others

• 1- Administration.

External links

• Official website