St. Angelo Fort

E571721

St. Angelo Fort is a historic seaside fortress in Kannur, Kerala, built by the Portuguese in the early 16th century and later occupied by the Dutch and the British.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
St. Angelo Fort canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fortress
historical monument
alsoKnownAs Kannur Fort
Kannur Kotta
linked to: Kannur Fort
architectureStyle European military architecture
builtBy Dom Francisco de Almeida
Portuguese
builtDuringReignOf Kingdom of Portugal
capturedBy British
Dutch
constructionEnd 1507
constructionStart 1505
controlledBy British East India Company
British Raj
linked to: British India

Dutch East India Company
Portuguese Empire
country India
distanceFromKannurTown about 3 kilometers
district Kannur district
feature cannon emplacements
massive bastions
ramparts
sea-facing walls
watchtowers
heritageDesignation centrally protected monument of national importance in India
heritageStatus protected monument
laterOccupiedBy British
locatedIn India
Kannur
Kerala
locatedOn Arabian Sea coast
material laterite
near Kannur Lighthouse
Kannur town
linked to: Kannur

Mappila Bay fishing harbor
overlooks Arabian Sea
Mappila Bay
protectedBy Archaeological Survey of India
purpose military defense
seaside defense fortification
saleYear 1663
soldBy Portuguese
soldTo Dutch East India Company
state Kerala
tourism popular tourist destination in North Kerala
usedAs administrative center
military base
view panoramic view of Arabian Sea

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kannur knownFor St. Angelo Fort
Kannur hasFort St. Angelo Fort