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This fort near the internationally famous Marmagoa
Harbour was built to protect the harbour situated near the Vasco da
Gama town. Its work started in 1624.
It covered an area of six miles in circumference,
contained towering bulwarks, three magazines, five prisons, a chapel
and quarters for the guard.
It had 53 guns and a garrison with 4 officers, and was
an important fortress on the western coast.
Unfortunately, except the chapel and a portion of the
boundary wall, little is left of this fort.
General Information
Location
Mormugao, Goa.
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