Fortress
São Sebastião Museum
🇸🇹 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 #3,149 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking. Founded 1575, it is older than 36% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 718 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how São Tomé and Príncipe compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is São Sebastião Museum?
São Sebastião Museum stands in São Tomé and Príncipe, at 0.34583°, 6.73944°.
When was São Sebastião Museum built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1575. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is São Sebastião Museum?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #3,149 of 7,738 worldwide. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
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