Ruin
Portuguese Castle (Qeshm)
🇮🇷 Iran
The Portuguese Castle (Qeshm) (Persian قلعه پرتغاليهاى قشم Ghal'eh-ye Portoghāli-hā-ye Gheschm; Portuguese Forte de Queixome) was a fort on the island of Qeshm in the Strait of Hormuz. It was built in 1621 under Ruy Freire de Andrade (died 1633) to support Portugal's commercial activities in the area, but above all on the neighbouring island of Hormuz. Its ruins are an important testimony to the Portuguese presence in the Persian Gulf during the 16th and 17th centuries. Two defensive walls and two towers of the fort can still be seen today. Inside the ruin are several old cannons.
Machine-translated from “Portugiesisches Fort von Qeschm” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Portuguese Castle (Qeshm) ranks #5,266 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #51 of the 170 mapped in Iran. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Iran compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Portuguese Castle (Qeshm)?
Portuguese Castle (Qeshm) stands in Iran, at 26.96042°, 56.27739°.
How famous is Portuguese Castle (Qeshm)?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,266 of 8,134 worldwide, and #51 in Iran. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Portuguese Castle (Qeshm)?
Portuguese Castle, about 23 km away.
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