Fort Nossa Senhora da Conceição

Coordinates: 27°06′02″N 56°27′08″E / 27.100675°N 56.452126°E / 27.100675; 56.452126
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Fort of Our Lady of the Conception
Hormuz Island in Iran
Qeshm
The Portuguese Castle (Gaspar Correia
-"Lendas da Índia", c. 1556)
TypeFort
Site history
Built1515 (1515)
MaterialsStone

The Fort of Our Lady of the Conception, also known as the Portuguese Castle, is a red stone fortress on Hormuz Island, Iran. It is one of the last surviving monuments of Portuguese colonial rule in the Persian Gulf. Ormuz (or Hormuz) was an important maritime city and a small kingdom near the entrance to the Persian Gulf. The original site of the city was on the north shore of the Gulf, about 30 miles east of the current Bandar Abbas. Around 1300, apparently in response to attacks from the Tartars, it moved to the small island of Gerun, which can be identified as the Organa of Nearcho, about 12 miles west and 5 miles from the coast.

Constructed on reddish stone on a rocky promontory at the far north of the island, the castle was originally cut off from the rest of the island by a moat, traces of which still remain. Although most of the roof caved in long ago, much of the lower part of the very substantial outer walls is intact, with the remains lying on different levels of the site.

History

The building of the castle was ordered by Portuguese commander

British East India Company
to allow its ships to cooperate with his land forces to seize the island from the Portuguese in 1622.

Other Portuguese castles

A number of other Portuguese castles are found in the

Qeshm
.

During the

Muscat, Oman, and on 31 October 1648 a treaty was signed between the two opponents. The terms were as follows: the Portuguese should build the fortress of Kuriyat, Dibba Al-Hisn and Matrah
(Oman).

See also

References

  1. ^ "DOBA. DRAWINGS OF PORTUGUESE FORTS IN THE PERSIAN GULF. Lyvro de Plantaforma das Fortalezas da Índia". Archived from the original on December 25, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2011.

27°06′02″N 56°27′08″E / 27.100675°N 56.452126°E / 27.100675; 56.452126