São Tomé and Príncipe · 16th century
São Sebastião Museum is a museum, housed in a 16th-century fortress in the city of São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe. It lies in the northeastern part of the city centre, at the southeastern end of Ana Chaves Bay. It contains religious art and colonial-era artifacts. The fortress was built in 1566 by the Portuguese in order to protect the port and city of São Tomé against pirate attacks. A lighthouse was established in the fortress in 1866; it was rebuilt in 1928. The fortress was restored at the end of the 1950s.
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São Sebastião Museum ranks #3,440 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking. Founded 1575, it is older than 35% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 891 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how São Tomé and Príncipe compares in the castle statistics.
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