Moti Daman Fort

E658748

Portuguese fortification fort tourist attraction

Moti Daman Fort is a large 16th-century Portuguese coastal fortification in Daman, India, known for its massive walls, bastions, and colonial-era churches and buildings.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nani Daman Fort	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Portuguese fortification ⓘ fort ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
builder	Portuguese ⓘ Portuguese colonial rulers of Daman ⓘ
builtInCentury	16th century ⓘ
category	Coastal fort in India ⓘ Portuguese forts in India ⓘ
constructionStart	1559 ⓘ
contains	Bom Jesus Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Our Lady of the Rosary Church NERFINISHED ⓘ government offices ⓘ old Portuguese cemetery ⓘ
controlledBy	Government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
feature	bastions ⓘ colonial-era administrative buildings ⓘ colonial-era churches ⓘ gates ⓘ massive walls ⓘ moat ⓘ ramparts ⓘ residential quarters ⓘ
hasBastionsCountApprox	10 ⓘ
hasView	Arabian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Daman Ganga River estuary ⓘ
heritage	Portuguese colonial ⓘ
historicalEra	Age of Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese India period NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedBy	Arabian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Daman NERFINISHED ⓘ Daman and Diu NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPart	Moti Daman NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	west coast of India ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
nearby	Nani Daman Fort NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
purpose	defense ⓘ protection of Portuguese settlement in Daman ⓘ
region	western India ⓘ
status	in use ⓘ well-preserved ⓘ
style	Portuguese colonial architecture ⓘ
tourism	popular tourist destination in Daman ⓘ
wallShape	irregular polygon ⓘ

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Daman district → hasFort → Moti Daman Fort ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nani Daman Fort