Architecture

Fort Jesus, inner courtyard with chapel ruins and museum galery (former barracks) in the background

Mombasa, Kenya

Fort Jesus [English]
Ngome ya Yesu [Swahili]
Forte Jesus de Mombaça [Portuguese]
Fort Jesus, inner courtyard with chapel ruins and museum galery (former barracks) in the background

Architecture

structure overview
Fort Jesus
architectural element(s)
courtyard
work type by function
archaeological site, barracks, museum

Architecture: Fort Jesus

built
1593-1596
culture
Portuguese
style/period
Renaissance
work type by function
fortress
material
coral rag
technique
masonry
architect
Giovanni Battista Cairati
patronage
Philip II of Spain

Geography

Africa » Eastern Africa » Kenya » Mombasa County » Mombasa » Mvita » Makadara
local language location name
Mombasa, Kenya [English]
historical affiliations
1596-1698
Portuguese Empire
1698-1728
Imamate of Oman
1728-1729
Portuguese Empire
1729-1824
Imamate of Oman
1824-1826
British Empire
1826-1856
Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
1856-1963
Sultanate of Zanzibar
1895-1920
British East Africa
1920-1963
Kenya Colony

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Fort Jesus, Mombasa
type
cultural
criteria
II, V
designation
reference
1295

Image characteristics

maximum image resolution
5,359 × 3,523  pixel
45.4 × 29.8 cm (300 dpi)
capture date
image processing
colour corrected
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