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São Jorge Castle (Portuguese: Castelo de São Jorge; Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐʃˈtɛlu dɨ sɐ̃w̃ ˈʒɔɾʒɨ]), sometimes known in English as Saint George's Castle, is a historic castle in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, located in the freguesia of Santa Maria Maior.
St. George Castle Elmina Castle in the Blaeu-Van der Hem Atlas (1660s).. Elmina Castle was erected by the Portuguese in 1482 as Castelo de São Jorge da Mina (St. George of the Mine Castle), also known as Castelo da Mina or simply Mina (or Feitoria da Mina), in present-day Elmina, Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast.
The construction of the Fort São Jorge da Mina began on 21 January 1482. [12] The Portuguese built a rectangular fortress with towers at every corner on the elevated eastern end of the peninsula and called it Castelo de São Jorge da Mina, the fortress of St. George of Mina, now known as Elmina Castle.
Elmina Castle, the Castelo de São Jorge da Mina ('Castle of St. George of the Mine'), Elmina, Ghana Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title St George's Castle .
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PT: Castelo de São Jorge da Mina 1482 Intact Elmina: Ghana Portugal (1482–1637) Netherlands (1637–1872) Britain (1872–1957) EN: Fort Cacheu PT: Forte de Cacheu 1588 Intact Cacheu: Guinea-Bissau Portugal (1588–1974) EN: Fort Duke of Braganza PT: Forte Duque de Bragança: 1820 Ruins Ilhéu de Sal Rei: Cape Verde Portugal (1820–1975) EN ...
View of the Castle of San Jorge, the Puente de Barcas and the Torre del Oro, in 1770. The Castle of San Jorge was a medieval fortress built on the west bank of the Guadalquivir river in the Spanish city of Seville . It was also used as headquarters and prison for the Spanish Inquisition. It was demolished in the 19th century and made into a ...
The main entrance to the Spanish Fortaleza de São Filipe. A defense study for the Azores began in the middle of the 16th century by military engineer Bartolomeu Ferraz: in his report to the Portuguese Crown, he indicated that islands of São Miguel, Terceira, São Jorge, Faial and Pico were vulnerable to attacks by pirates and Protestant privateers (primarily English, French and Dutch), and ...