🌲 Fort Jesus Museum

Kenya · Africa · National Park · 4.07°S, 39.68°E

Fort Jesus, is a fort located on Mombasa Island. Designed by the Italian architect Giovanni Battista Cairati, it was built between 1593 and 1596 by order of King Felipe II of Spain, who also reigned as King Filipe I of Portugal and the Algarves, to guard the Old Port of Mombasa. Fort Jesus was the only fort maintained by the Portuguese on the Swahili coast and is recognised as a testament to the first successful attempt by a Western power to establish influence over the Indian Ocean trade.

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Quick facts

Country	Kenya
Continent / region	Africa
Protection type	🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)	4.07°S, 39.68°E · view on map

Fort Jesus Museum is a national park in Kenya, in Africa. The details of why Fort Jesus Museum is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in Kenya

Aberdare National Park · Mount Longonot National Park · Amboseli National Park · Nairobi National Park · Shaba National Reserve · Buffalo Springs National Reserve · Arabuko Sokoke National Park · Chyulu Hills · Mombasa Marine National Park and Reserve · Tsavo East National Park.

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