England's World Cup Training Center In Rio Looks Like A Postcard

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England's base for the 2014 World Cup is Fortaleza de São João, a military base in the wealthy Urca district on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.

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This thing is magnificent.

The primary practice field sits at the foot of Sugarloaf Mountain, on a peninsula that stretches into Guanabara Bay.

Wow:

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