Arnala Fort is built on a small island off the port town of Arnala, located around 13 km (8 miles) north of Bassein, Maharashtra, India. Being an island...
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Anjanvel Fort Ankai Fort Antur Fort Arnala fort Asava fort Asheri fort Aurangabad Fort Avandha Fort Avchitgad Bahadur Fort Balapur Fort Ballarpur Fort Bankot...
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Madh Island (redirect from Madh Fort)
February 1739. The British occupied Salsette Island, Thana Fort, Fort Versova, and the island fort of Karanja in 1774. It is secluded and difficult to reach...
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Fort Aguada is a well-preserved seventeenth-century Portuguese-era fort, along with a lighthouse, standing in Goa, India, on Sinquerim Beach, overlooking...
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Galle Fort (Sinhala: ගාලු කොටුව Galu Kotuwa; Tamil: காலிக் கோட்டை, romanized: Kālik Kōṭṭai), in the Bay of Galle on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, was...
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Chapora Fort (Konkani pronunciation: [ʃɑːpoːɾɑː], Devanagari: शापोरा), located in Bardez, Goa, rises high above the Chapora River. The site is the location...
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Fort Assunção or Corjuem Fort is a fortress situated 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the village of Aldona on the river island of Corjuem, Goa. It was a military...
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Vasai Fort Tandulwadi Fort Jawhar Hill station Suryamal Hill Plateau Deobandh kendra Dabhosa Water fall(Jawhar) Arnala Fort Kelwa Beach Bhavangad Fort Mahim...
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Fort Ankai Fort Antur Fort Arnala fort Asheri Fort Asava Fort Avchitgad Avandha Fort Bahadur Fort Bahula Fort Balapur Fort Ballarpur Fort Bankot Fort...
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Martello tower (redirect from Martello Fort)
tip of the island where the Arnala fort stands. The Portuguese are said to have built many of these towers, but Arnala's is the best surviving specimen...
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Osu Castle (redirect from Fort Christiansborg)
known as Fort Christiansborg or the Castle) is a castle located in Osu, Ghana, on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in Africa. A substantial fort was built...
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the region. Over time, the purpose of the fort shifted from being a defensive structure, to a prison. This fort housed a government prison till 1955. Inside...
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include: Arnala fort Bhavangad Fort Fort Vasai Gambhirgad Jivdani Mata temple Kaldurg Fort Kamandurg Fort Kelwa Beach Mahalakshmi Temple Shirgaon Fort Tandulwadi...
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temple dedicated to Sri Krishna. Trekking Tourism - Virar - विरार - ویرار Arnala Fort & Jivdani Temple - How to go, places to visit, things to do Jivdani temple...
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hillock beside the Vaitarna River, which runs until Arnala Fort. Very little is known of the fort's history, other than that it was probably built by Portuguese...
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English: Fort St. John the Baptist of Ouidah) is a small restored fort in Ouidah, Benin. Built in 1721, it was the last of three European forts built in...
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Amer Fort or Amber Fort is a fort located in Amer, Rajasthan, India. Amer is a town with an area of 4 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi) located 11 kilometres...
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Fort Al-Mirani (Arabic: قلعة الميراني) is a fort located in the harbor of the city of Old Muscat, Oman. The fort existed prior to the Portuguese invasion...
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Castella de Aguada (redirect from Fort Aguada (Bombay))
(corruption of Castelo da Aguada, Portuguese for "Fort of the Waterpoint"), also known as the Bandra Fort, is a fort located in Bandra, Mumbai. "Castella" is a...
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Portuguese Empire and officially annexed. Only then was the city walled, a fort built and a garrison established. At this time it boasted 7000 inhabitants...
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Fort Santiago is the name of a former Portuguese military installation in the island of Kilwa, in Tanzania. It's nowadays known as Arab Fort or Gereza...
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25 November 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2021. Dey, Panchali. "Trek to Arnala Fort, where views of Arabian Sea welcome you with open arms". Times of India...
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Belapur Fort is a fort near the township of Belapur in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The fort was built by the Siddis of Janjira. It was later conquered...
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79222°W / -19.92056; -57.79222 The New Coimbra Fort, also known as Fort Portocarrero or simply Fort Coimbra, is a Brazilian military fortification on...
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Fort São Jerónimo is a former Portuguese fortress located on the right bank of the Damanganga River, on the coast of the Gulf of Khambat, former parish...
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(literally Chittor Fort), also known as Chittod Fort, is one of the largest forts in India. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The fort was the capital...
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Revdanda Fort (in Portuguese "Fortaleza de Chaul") is located in Revdanda, Maharashtra, India. The fort is located at the mouth of the Kundalika River...
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Jaffna Fort (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணக் கோட்டை, romanized: Yāḻppāṇak Kōṭṭai; Sinhala: යාපනය බලකොටුව Yapanaya Balakotuwa) is a fort built by the Portuguese at...
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Fort Santíssima Trindade (Fortaleza da Santíssima Trindade in Portuguese) also known as Fort Tiracol, is a Portuguese era fort near the village of Tiracol...
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Jaigarh Fort is situated on the promontory called the Cheel ka Teela (Hill of Eagles) of the Aravalli range; it overlooks the Amer Fort and the Maota...
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