Dronagiri Fort is a fort in Navi Mumbai's Raigad district, Maharashtra, India. The fort is situated on the top of the hill which is close to Uran town...
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18°51′35″N 72°56′12″E / 18.859671°N 72.936687°E / 18.859671; 72.936687 The Dronagiri is a node of Navi Mumbai in Raigad district. It is located at the Southern...
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Fort Dronagiri Fort Dubergad Fort Durgabhandar Durgadi Fort Fatte gad Fort George Gagangad Galna Gambhirgad Gawilghur Ghangad Ghargad Ghodbunder Fort Ghosalegad...
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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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the forts of Prabalgad, Manikgad, Haji Malang, Chanderi fort, Matheran, Sankshi fort, Dronagiri fort, and Rajmachi are clearly visible. The fort has two...
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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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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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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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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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purpose of the fort shifted from being a defensive structure, to a prison. This fort housed a government prison till 1955. Today, this fort is in partial...
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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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Dongri Fort Dronagiri Fort Durgabhandar Durgadi Fort Fatte gad Fort George Gagangad Galna Gambhirgad Gawilghur Ghangad Ghargad Ghodbunder Fort Ghosale gad...
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the boundary of Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Dronagiri Fort is located in the southernmost tip of Dronagiri spread over an area of 17 km. square and is...
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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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the fort called Narayanpur. It is believed that Purandar is the broken part of the Dronagiri Parvat, which Hanuman carried in the Ramayana. The fort has...
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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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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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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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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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The Batticaloa Fort (Tamil: மட்டக்களப்புக் கோட்டை, romanized: Maṭṭakkaḷappuk Kōṭṭai; Sinhala: මඩකලපුව බලකොටුව, romanized: Madakalapuwa Balakotuwa) was...
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colonial-era Portuguese cannons are still positioned on top of the bastions. The fort had three gates: the Seagate, forming a small port with the north-east rampart...
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Ghodbunder Fort is a fort located in Ghodbunder Village, Thane, Maharashtra, India, on the hill just south of the Ulhas River. It was built by the Portuguese...
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Daulatabad Fort, originally Deogiri Fort, is a historic fortified citadel located in Daulatabad village near Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra,...
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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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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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Forte de Santo Antônio da Barra (category Forts in Brazil)
Forte de Santo Antônio da Barra is a fort located in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. It was constructed to guard the entrance to the Bay of All Saints, during...
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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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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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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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