Mozambique · 18th century
Fort Lijdzaamheid ranks #8,955 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #5 of the 8 mapped in Mozambique. Founded 1721, it is older than 19% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 685 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Mozambique compares in the castle statistics.
Fort Lijdzaamheid was a Dutch VOC fort in Mozambique from 1721 to 1730. The fort lay on the northern side of Delagoa Bay where the Rio de la Goa empties. At this spot the Mozambican capital Maputo would later be founded.
Various disastrous factors led to the trading post becoming an expensive failure for the VOC.
Machine-translated from “Fort Lijdzaamheid (Mozambique)” on the Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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