Fort Frederick

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coastal fortress historic site tourist attraction

Fort Frederick is a historic coastal fortress in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, originally built by the Portuguese and later used by Dutch and British colonial powers.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Fort Frederick, Trincomalee 2
Fort Frederick garrison area 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal fortress ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
builtBy Portuguese Empire ⓘ
contains Koneswaram Temple ⓘ
Swami Rock area ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
controlledBy British Empire ⓘ
Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Empire

Portuguese Empire ⓘ
Sri Lanka Army ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
currentUse military base ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
hasLocalName පෙදෙසේන කොටුව ⓘ
hasLocalNameLanguage Sinhala ⓘ
hasPart Koneswaram Temple ⓘ
surface form: Hindu temple Koneswaram Temple

barracks ⓘ
bastions ⓘ
gates ⓘ
inner roads ⓘ
military buildings ⓘ
ramparts ⓘ
hasViewOf Indian Ocean ⓘ
Trincomalee ⓘ
surface form: Trincomalee Harbour
heritageDesignation Archaeological protected monument in Sri Lanka ⓘ
Protected monument of Sri Lanka ⓘ
inception 1623 ⓘ
languageOfPlaceName English ⓘ
locatedIn Trincomalee ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
locatedNear Koneswaram Temple ⓘ
Swami Rock ⓘ
Trincomalee ⓘ
surface form: Trincomalee town centre
locatedOn Trincomalee ⓘ
surface form: Trincomalee peninsula
locatedOnBodyOfWater Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Trincomalee ⓘ
surface form: Trincomalee Harbour
materialUsed granite ⓘ
stone ⓘ
militaryBranchOccupant Sri Lanka Army ⓘ
openToPublic partly ⓘ
originallyBuiltBy Portuguese Empire ⓘ
Portuguese colonists in Sri Lanka ⓘ
significantEvent captured by the British from the Dutch ⓘ
captured by the Dutch from the Portuguese ⓘ
usedBy British Ceylon ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Empire

Portuguese Empire ⓘ
Sri Lanka Army ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Trincomalee → hasLandmark → Fort Frederick ⓘ
Swami Rock → hasNearbyMilitarySite → Fort Frederick ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Frederick garrison area
Koneswaram Temple → locatedNear → Fort Frederick ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Frederick, Trincomalee
Swami Rock → locatedNear → Fort Frederick ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Frederick, Trincomalee