The Fort, built by the Portuguese in 1593-1596 to the designs of Giovanni Battista Cairati to protect the port of Mombasa, is one of the most outstanding and well preserved examples of 16th Portuguese ...

Axim- Western Region Fort S. Antonio Portuguese trading post, 1502. Destroyed by the towns people in 1514. Second fort built by the Portuguese on present site in 1515. Begin- Western Region Fort ...

Among its treasures are remarkable forts, each steeped in history and stories that date back to centuries of battles between the Portuguese, Marathas, and local dynasties. These forts capture Goa ...

Located about 10 km from Mapusa, the fort was built by the Portuguese in 1617 for the defense of their territories from the Marathas. Before the Portugese, Adil Shah rulers of Bijapur had built a ...

Reis Magos Fort is one of the oldest fort in Goa and one of the first set up by the Portuguese, and it still stands today in all its majesty. It predates the more famous Fort Aguada by more than ...

The Kozhikode District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC) is planning to digitally recreate the Portuguese fort at Chaliyam, which was destroyed by the Zamorin’s army in the 16th century.