The Fort São Bartolomeu (Fortaleza de São Bartolomeu in Portuguese) is a military structure erected on the northeast of the Chorão Island, in Goa.Manoel José Gabriel Saldanha: História de Goa: História política, Asian Educational Services, 1990, p.276. Presumed to have been originally built when Goa was ruled by the Muslim Bahmani Sultanate or the Sultanate of Bijapur, it was subsequently occupied and renamed by the Portuguese after the territory was conquered in 1510.José Nicolau da Fonseca: An Historical and Archæological Sketch of the City of Goa: Preceded by a Short Statistical Account of the Territory of Goa, Thacker & Company, limited, 1878, p.50. The original structure was demolished and the new fort built in 1720.
It defended the fording point between the islands of Calvim and Penelem.Joaquim Pedro Celestino Soares: Bosquejo das possessoes portuguezas no Oriente, Imprensa nacional, 1851, p.31. It was equipped with 11 guns.
In 1811 it was in ruins.
See also Portuguese India History of Goa
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