Piracy
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Baroque Churches | The Miag-ao Church, one of the Baroque Churches of the Philippines, became a "fortified church" to counter the attacks and pillaging by pirates. | |
| Belize Barrier Reef | ||
| Camagüey | "After almost continuous attacks from pirates the original city (founded as Santa Maria del Puerto del Principe around 1515 on the northern coast) was moved inland in 1528" (wiki) | |
| Campeche | Faced almost constant attacks by English and Dutch buccaneers/pirates for c150 years after founding in 1540 For pirate names see link. (The town's Baseball team is called the "Campeche Pirates"!) | |
| Cartagena | "In the 16th century alone, Cartagena suffered five dreadful sieges by pirates, the most famous (or infamous) of which was that led by Sir Francis Drake." | |
| Cidade Velha | ||
| Cocos Island | AB: "The human historical record includes pirates..." | |
| Coro and its Port | Attacked by Pirates and Privateers 1567, 1595 and 1659. Its fortifed Cathedral was used as a refuge. In 1659 the English pirate Christopher Mings with 3 ships took booty worth 200-300k in raids on Coro and 2 other Venezuelan ports. | |
| Epidaurus | AB evaluation: "despite pillaging by ... the Cilician pirates, the restored sanctuary prospered during the Roman period as witnessed by the famous description by Pausanias in 150 A.D." | |
| Galapagos Islands | "(...) during the Golden Age of Piracy various pirates used the Galápagos as a base for raiding Spanish shipping along the Peruvian coast." "Until the early 19th century, the archipelago was often used as a hideout by (mostly English) pirates who attacked Spanish treasure fleets carrying gold, silver, and supplies from Peru to Panama and Spain." | |
| Gyeongju | "Wokou (Korean pronunciation: waegu), which literally translates as "Japanese pirates" in English, were pirates of varying origins who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century onwards. The term Wokou was used by both Chinese and Korean troops in reference to the invasion force of Toyotomi Hideyoshi." - wiki The Imjin War was an Invasion force meant to conquer Korea, China, and India. This could hardly be classified as "piracy". However, Wokou did make up a large portion of the Japanese navy. Furthermore, there is one infamous example of piracy on the Japanese retreat back to the sea which sole purpose was revenge and plunder. "With Kato Kiyomasa's last withdrawal vengeance was wreaked, and the entire city (Gyeonju) was put to the torch, including the wonderful Bulguksa temple. Loaded with plunder, Kato reached the sea coast of Ulsan." | |
| Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago | "As late as the 19th century the bay was used by Chinese and Vietnamese pirates" | |
| Ibiza | ||
| Island of Patmos | 1272 attacked by pirates (nom file) | |
| Kasbah of Algiers | "A Turk corsair Khair-al-din .. founded his capital in Algiers in 1516". He is better known in Europe as 'Barbarossa' and under him and his successors Algiers became one of the main ports of the 'Barbary Pirates' for several centuries. As part of a combined European attempt to wipe out the piracy the city was bombarded on 27 Aug 1816 by an Anglo-Dutch fleet and c1000 Christian slaves held there were freed. | |
| Kronborg Castle | The toll to pass through the Sound by Kronborg castle was levied from 1429 ostensibly as a compensation to Denmark for keeping the sound free from pirates. Crews from 'Danziger Fribyttere' (Pirates from Danzig) were hanged at the castle. But there was still a lot of piracy in the area and this would have been known to Shakespeare. Hence Hamlet is captured by Pirates, and, in the play, 2 pirates deliver a note to Horatio at Elsinore informing him that Hamlet has returned to Denmark | |
| Kulangsu | ||
| Longobards in Italy | "Between the end of the ninth century and the early years of the tenth, the sanctuary of St. Michael came under repeated attacks by the Saracens, the most serious of which took place in 869. The sanctuary was so badly damaged, probably as a result of this raid, that emperor Ludovic II (825-875) provided (...) the financial means to restore it." (Nomination file, p. 269) | |
| Lower German Limes | "the very specific bank edge siting of these forts was an absolute requirement for the fulfilment of their primary task: the observation and protection of river traffic. Most were built in AD 40 or soon after, a period for which we have indications of Germanic piracy." (Nomination file, p. 44) | |
| Medina of Tétouan | ||
| Melaka and George Town | ||
| Mount Athos | "perpetual pirate attacks" | |
| Old Havana | "Havana was originally a trading port, and suffered regular attacks by buccaneers, pirates, and French corsairs. The first attack and resultant burning of the city was by the French corsair Jacques de Sores in 1555. The pirate took Havana easily, plundering the city and burning much of it to the ground." | |
| Panamá | Henry Morgan 1670, Buccaneers 1671 | |
| Portobelo-San Lorenzo | Francis Drake 1596, William Parker 1601, Henry Morgan 1668 | |
| San Pedro de la Roca Castle | Houses the Museum of Piracy | |
| Santo Domingo | Francis Drake 1586 | |
| Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple | "Wokou (Korean pronunciation: waegu), which literally translates as "Japanese pirates" in English, were pirates of varying origins who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century onwards. The term Wokou was used by both Chinese and Korean troops in reference to the invasion force of Toyotomi Hideyoshi." - wiki The Imjin War was an Invasion force meant to conquer Korea, China, and India. This could hardly be classified as "piracy". However, Wokou did make up a large portion of the Japanese navy. Furthermore, there is one infamous example of piracy on the Japanese retreat back to the sea which sole purpose was revenge and plunder. "With Kato Kiyomasa's last withdrawal vengeance was wreaked, and the entire city (Gyeonju) was put to the torch, including the wonderful Bulguksa temple. Loaded with plunder, Kato reached the sea coast of Ulsan." | |
| Stralsund and Wismar | Home of the Victual Brothers, a companionship of privateers who later turned to piracy (14th century) | |
| Syracuse | Castello Maniace was used to counter pirate incursions. | |
| Visby | Occupied by the Baltic Pirates "The Victual Brothers". They made it their HQ in the Baltic until they were attacked by the Teutonic Knights in 1398 when the city was destroyed. | |
| Willemstad | Willemstad (Punda) fortifications were built to protect the town from marauding pirates and enemy navies |
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