Mannar Fort

Mannar Fort (Tamil: மன்னார்க் கோட்டை, romanized: Maṉṉārk Kōṭṭai; Sinhala: මන්නාරම් බලකොටුව Mannaram Balakotuwa) is located on Mannar Island, Sri Lanka. It was built by Portuguese in 1560 and christened São Jorge. The fort fell to the Dutch in 1658, and they rebuilt the fort in 1696. In 1795 the British occupied the fort following the surrender by the Dutch.

It is a square-shaped fort with four bastions and is located next to the new bridge that connects the mainland with the Mannar Island.

The fort is currently occupied by the Department of Archeology.

Texto adaptado de «Mannar fort» en la Wikipedia en inglés, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mannar Fort ranks #3714 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #8 of the 13 mapped in Sri Lanka. Fundado en 1560, más antiguo que el 42% de los monumentos datados del atlas — uno de los 495 monumentos del atlas fundados en el siglo XVI. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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