Military Academy of Agulhas Negras

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Military Academy of Agulhas Negras

Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras
Type	Military college
Established	1792/1811 (new campus in 1944)
Commander	Major General Marcus Vinicius Gomes Bonifacio[1]
Location	Resende , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
Affiliations	Brazilian Army
Website	www.aman.eb.mil.br

The Military Academy of Agulhas Negras (Portuguese: Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras, AMAN – named after the Agulhas Negras summit) is the biggest among several schools of formation of combatant officers of the Brazilian Army. It originated in 1792 with the creation of the Royal Academy of Artillery, Fortification and Drawing, the first military school of the Americas, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Today the Academy is located in the city of Resende, in the state of Rio de Janeiro.