The Fort São Bartolomeu (Fortaleza de São Bartolomeu in Portuguese) is a military structure erected on the northeast of the Chorão Island, in Goa.[1] Presumed to have been originally built when Goa was ruled by the Muslim Bahmani Sultanate or the Sultanate of Bijapur, it was subsequently occupied and renamed by the Portuguese after the territory was conquered in 1510.[2] The original structure was demolished and the new fort built in 1720.[1]
| Fort São Bartolomeu | |
|---|---|
Fortaleza de São Bartolomeu | |
| Goa in India | |
,_India_Portuguesa.png) Fort São Bartolomeu marked on an 1814 map, to the left of Ilha de Piedade. | |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1720[1] |
| Built by | Portuguese Empire |
It defended the fording point between the islands of Calvim and Penelem.[3] It was equipped with 11 guns.[1]
In 1811 it was in ruins.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Manoel José Gabriel Saldanha: História de Goa: História política, Asian Educational Services, 1990, p.276.
- ^ a b José Nicolau da Fonseca: An Historical and Archæological Sketch of the City of Goa: Preceded by a Short Statistical Account of the Territory of Goa, Thacker & Company, limited, 1878, p.50.
- ^ Joaquim Pedro Celestino Soares: Bosquejo das possessoes portuguezas no Oriente,Imprensa nacional, 1851, p.31.