Built or owned by Portuguese

Connected Sites: 29

Sites outside the current borders of Portugal that were built or owned by Portuguese persons.

Connected Sites

  • Mazagan
    Mazagan
    Morocco
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.56
    98
    7
    "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)
  • Island of Mozambique
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.12
    16
    5
    Fortress of Sao Sebastiao
  • Macao
    Macao
    China
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.07
    230
    12
    Citadel of Sao Paulo do Monte, Guia Fortress
  • Salvador de Bahia
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.35
    74
    4
    Several including Santo Antonio da Barra, Santa Maria and Sao Diogo
  • Colonia del Sacramento
    Inscribed: 1995
    2.70
    142
    12
    fortifications
  • Fort Jesus
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.51
    53
    2
    "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)
  • Rio de Janeiro
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.62
    195
    6
    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)
  • Olinda
    Olinda
    Brazil
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.06
    46
    4
    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)
  • São Francisco Square
    Inscribed: 2010
    1.82
    26
    3
    "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)
  • Cidade Velha
    Cidade Velha
    Cabo Verde
    Inscribed: 2009
    1.92
    53
    3
    Fort Real de Sao Filipe (1590)
  • Banc d'Arguin
    Banc d'Arguin
    Mauritania
    Inscribed: 1989
    2.32
    15
    2
    The island of Arguin was controlled by Portugal from 1445 - 1633.
    See www.colonialvoyage.com
  • Ouro Preto
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.45
    66
    6
    built on pioneering mining wealth under Portuguese colonial rule (AB ev)
  • Old Town of Galle
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.02
    173
    6
    Parts of now mainly Dutch fortifications
  • Inscribed: 2017
    3.48
    1
    0
    colonial period buildings
  • Kunta Kinteh Island
    Inscribed: 2003
    2.07
    44
    5
    The Chapel in Albreda, built by the Portuguese in the late 15th century (AB ev)
  • Goias
    Goias
    Brazil
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.43
    32
    5
    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)
  • Funerary and memory sites of the First World War
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.93
    226
    11
    PC02 Portuguese Military Cemetery of Richebourg-l’Avoué
  • Diamantina
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.88
    38
    5
  • Churches and Convents of Goa
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.27
    93
    10
    Built under Portuguese colonial rule
  • São Luis
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.72
    37
    5
    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)
  • Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.26
    24
    5
    Fort Santiago
  • Qal'at al-Bahrain
    Inscribed: 2005
    2.51
    100
    6
    Qal'At Al-Bahrain
  • Medina of Essaouira
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.15
    183
    6
    The late 18th century Portuguese church
  • Forts and Castles Gold Coast
    Inscribed: 1979
    2.87
    57
    8
    Axim Santo Antonio, Elmina Fort Sao Jorge
  • Bom Jesus do Congonhas
    Inscribed: 1985
    2.76
    52
    7
    commissioned by Portuguese adventurer, Feliciano Mendes in the 18th century (wiki)
  • Brazilian Atlantic Islands
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.21
    17
    4
    Fernando de Noronha - many forts within the inscribed Natural Reserve
  • Paraty and Ilha Grande
    Inscribed: 2019
    3.21
    80
    5
  • Melaka and George Town
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.00
    244
    8
    A Famosa
  • Island of Gorée
    Inscribed: 1978
    2.89
    69
    3
    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
    See www.bbc.com