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addition to promoting tourism, the redevelopment of its interior was promoted, where various leisure facilities were installed and the statues of
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The fort, of small dimensions, has a plan in the shape of a rectangle, 26 meters long by 24 meters wide, with small bulwarks at the edges. The walls, in mortared stone, are about four meters high and one meter thick. It was equipped with sixteen pieces. The gate-of-arms, over five feet wide, is its
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1297:Arnala Fort
1152:São Marcelo
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735:Muxima Fort
720:Ambaca Fort
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1942:Categories
1912:Taipa Fort
1831:Cupão Fort
1789:Reis Magos
1784:Pasai Fort
1618:Santa Cruz
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1499:Naroa Fort
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1262:Qeshm Fort
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