Architecture

Fort Jesus, Portuguese inscription above the main gate

Mombasa, Kenya

Fort Jesus [English]
Ngome ya Yesu [Swahili]
Forte Jesus de Mombaça [Portuguese]
Fort Jesus, Portuguese inscription above the main gate

Architecture

structure overview
Fort Jesus

Architecture: Fort Jesus

built
1593-1596
culture
Portuguese
style/period
Renaissance
work type
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
4,717 × 4,833  pixel
39.9 × 40.9 cm (300 dpi)
capture date
image processing
merged image, perspective control, colour corrected
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