Iran · 17th century
Portuguese Castle (Qeshm) ranks #5,570 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #52 of the 172 mapped in Iran. Founded 1621, it is older than 29% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 710 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 988 times in the last 60 days, more than 50% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Iran compares in the castle statistics.
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.
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