Fort of Santa Cruz

Fort of Santa Cruz (Portuguese: Forte de Santa Cruz da Horta or Castelo da Santa Cruz), is a 16th-century fortification located in the civil parish of Angústias, municipality of Horta, on the island of Faial in the Portuguese Azores. Occasionally referred to as the Castelo de Santa Cruz by locals, it is situated in the historic centre of the city, on the edge of Horta Bay. It was constructed to work in conjunction with the Fort of Bom Jesus (Portuguese: Forte do Bom Jesus) at the mouth of the Ribeira da Conceição and Fort of Greta (Portuguese: Forte da Greta) along the coast of the extinct spatter cone Monte da Guia, to defend the entrance to the harbour and southern access to the Bay.

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Fort of Santa Cruzは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界3,938位（全5,479件中）、ポルトガルの132件では84位にランクされています。1567年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の41%より古い城です（16世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の437件のひとつ）。ポルトガルが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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