15°03′02″S 40°43′35″E / 15.05056°S 40.72639°E / -15.05056; 40.72639Site information |
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Controlled by | Portugal Mozambique |
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Condition | Ruined |
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Site history |
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Built | 1695-1714 [1] |
The Fort São Lourenço (Fortim de São Lourenço in Portuguese) is a small fort or fortlet built by the Portuguese and located on the São Lourenço Islet, next to the Island of Mozambique, province of Nampula, in Mozambique.
History
It dates back to a fort built between 1587 and 1589, which was demolished in 1595, by order of the Portuguese Crown.[1] On its foundations, a new fortification was built, whose layout is the current one.
The new structure began in 1695, by the governor Dom Estevão José da Costa, and was completed in the first decade of the 18th century, under Dom João Fernandes de Almeida.[1] Its function was to defend the southwestern point of the entrance to the port of the Island of Mozambique, crossing fire with the fortress São Sebastião and the fort Santo António on the Island of Mozambique proper, for which it had twenty-two pieces of artillery.[1]
It features a triangular plan, two bastions, and on its embankment rise the vaulted service rooms.[1] The gun emplacements and bulwarks can be accessed via a ramp. The gate-of-arms opens through the curtain that connects the ramparts.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f Forte de São Lourenço / Fortim de São Lourenço in monumentos.gov.pt.
Forts and fortresses of the Portuguese Empire
Africa | North Africa | - Ceuta (Spain)
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- Tangier (Morocco)
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- Castelo Real (Morocco)
- Safim (Morocco)
- Azamor (Morocco)
- Aguz (Morocco)
- Arguin Fort (Mauritania)
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Gold Coast | - Santiago (Ghana)
- Santo António (Ghana)
- São Francisco Xavier (Ghana)
- São João Baptista (Benin)
- São Jorge (Ghana)
- São Sebastião (Ghana)
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São Tomé and Príncipe | - Santo António
- São Jerónimo
- São Sebastião
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Cape Verde | - D'El-Rei
- Duque de Bragança
- Principe Real
- São Filipe
- São José
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Guinea-Bissau | |
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Angola | |
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East Africa | - Jesus (Kenya)
- Santiago (Tanzania)
Mozambique | - Manica Fort
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Inhambane
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Lourenço Marques
- Princesa Amélia
- Santo António
- São Caetano
- São João Baptista
- São José de Mossuril
- São José do Ibo
- São Lourenço
- São Marçal
- São Miguel
- São Sebastião
- São Tiago Maior
- Quelimane Fort
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America | Brazil | - Nossa Senhora do Monserrate
- Nossa Senhora da Assunção
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição
- Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres
- Nossa Senhora dos Remédios
- Presépio
- Príncipe da Beira
- Reis Magos
- Santa Cruz da Barra
- Santa Cruz de Anhatomirim
- Santa Cruz de Itamaracá
- Santa Cruz do Paraguaçu
- São João
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- São José de Macapá
- Nossa Senhora dos Remédios
- Santa Catarina
- Santa Maria
- Santo António Além do Carmo
- Santo António da Barra
- Santo Inácio de Tamandaré
- São Diogo
- São Domingos de Gragoatá
- São João Baptista do Brum
- São João da Bertioga
- São Lourenço
- São Luís
- São Marcelo
- São Mateus do Cabo Frio
- São Tiago das Cinco Pontas
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Uruguay | |
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Asia | |
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Portuguese name in italics and geographical location (between parenthesis) |