Architecture

Fort Jesus, museum galery (former British barracks)

Mombasa, Kenya

Fort Jesus [English]
Ngome ya Yesu [Swahili]
Forte Jesus de Mombaça [Portuguese]
Fort Jesus, museum galery (former British barracks)

Architecture

structure overview
Fort Jesus
work type by function
barracks, history 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
Portuguese Empire
1596-1698
Imamate of Oman
1698-1728
Portuguese Empire
1728-1729
Imamate of Oman
1729-1824
British Empire
1824-1826
Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
1826-1856
Sultanate of Zanzibar
1856-1963
British East Africa
1895-1920
Kenya Colony
1920-1963

UNESCO World Heritage Site

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

Image characteristics

maximum image resolution
6,131 × 3,749  pixel
51.9 × 31.7 cm (300 dpi)
capture date
image processing
merged image, perspective control, colour corrected
copyrights
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