Fort St. Anthony of Simbor

Fort St. Anthony of Simbor (Portuguese: Forte de Santo António de Simbor, Forte Simbor, Fortim-do-Mar (Fort of the Sea), Forte Pani Cola is a small ruined fort located on an islet at the mouth of Sahil River (called Vançoso by the Portuguese) in the bay of Simbor, about 25 km east of Diu in India. The fort was built in 1722 to suppress the predatory activities of pirates along the coast.

The island fort, along with two small plots of land on either side of the Vançoso River, was part of Simbor, a tiny Portuguese exclave of about 1 square km which was subordinate to the government of Diu. Along with Diu and the rest of Portuguese India, it was invaded and absorbed by India in December 1961.

Fort St. Anthony of Simbor is often confused with another fort with a similar name called Fortim do Mar, Diu.

Texto adaptado de «Fort St. Anthony of Simbor» en la Wikipedia en inglés, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fort St. Anthony of Simbor ranks #4106 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #146 of the 156 mapped in India. Fundado en 1722, más antiguo que el 23% de los monumentos datados del atlas — uno de los 360 monumentos del atlas fundados en el siglo XVIII. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

Ver en el mapa interactivo de castillos →

Lee la historia completa en Wikipedia ↗