Connected Sites
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"The Portuguese first settled the site of Mazagan in 1502, after it had been a Portuguese protectorate since 1486. The name Mazagan, which occurs in Arabic and foreign documents from the 11th century, was pronounced Mazagao in Portuguese. The only construction on the site was a tower called el-Brija. After some years in temporary shelters, the Portuguese decided in 1514 to build a citadel" (AB ev)
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Fortress of Sao Sebastiao
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Citadel of Sao Paulo do Monte, Guia Fortress
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Several including Santo Antonio da Barra, Santa Maria and Sao Diogo
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fortifications
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"Fort Jesus, Mombasa, was erected in 1593-96 to the designs of Giovanni Battista Cairati by the Portuguese when they gained control over Mombasa" (AB ev)
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The Niteroi forts of Fortaleza de Sta Cruz, Forte Sao Joao, Pico Fort, Imbao Fort - "There is a group of Portuguese forts on Niteroi (AB)
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The settlement of Olinda was founded in 1535 by Duarte Coelho Pereira, a nobleman, military leader, and colonial administrator in the Portuguese colony of Brazil (wiki)
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"it demonstrates the occupation processes of the region and the development of towns founded during the reign of King Philip II, during the 60-year period when Portugal was under Spanish domain" (AB ev)
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Fort Real de Sao Filipe (1590)
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built on pioneering mining wealth under Portuguese colonial rule (AB ev)
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Parts of now mainly Dutch fortifications
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colonial period buildings
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The Chapel in Albreda, built by the Portuguese in the late 15th century (AB ev)
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Gold was discovered in the gravel of a tributary of the Araguaia River by the bandeirante Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva (the Anhanguera) in 1682. The settlement he founded there, called Santa Anna, became the colonial town of Goias Velho (wiki)
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PC02 Portuguese Military Cemetery of Richebourg-l’Avoué
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Built under Portuguese colonial rule
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The Historic Centre of Sao Luis is an outstanding example of a Portuguese colonial town; The Portuguese Jerónomo de Albuquerque drove them [the French] out in 1615 (AB ev)
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Fort Santiago
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Qal'At Al-Bahrain
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The late 18th century Portuguese church
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Axim Santo Antonio, Elmina Fort Sao Jorge
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commissioned by Portuguese adventurer, Feliciano Mendes in the 18th century (wiki)
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Fernando de Noronha - many forts within the inscribed Natural Reserve
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A Famosa
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Built under Portuguese colonial rule, The shipping of slaves from Goree lasted from 1536 when the Portuguese launched the slave trade to the time the French halted it 312 years later
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