Citadel Fort Adelaide

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Citadel Fort Adelaide is a 19th-century hilltop fortress in Port Louis, Mauritius, built by the British to protect the harbor and city and now serving as a historic site with panoramic views.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Citadel Fort Adelaide canonical 1
Fort Adelaide 1

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Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fortress ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
access road access from Port Louis ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fort Adelaide ⓘ
The Citadel ⓘ
builtBy British authorities ⓘ
the British Empire ⓘ
linked to: British Empire
constructionPeriod 19th century ⓘ
country Mauritius ⓘ
currentUse historic site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
function military fortification ⓘ
hasFeature bastions ⓘ
courtyard ⓘ
stone ramparts ⓘ
hasFunction viewpoint over Port Louis ⓘ
hasPanoramicViewsOf Port Louis ⓘ
Port Louis harbor ⓘ
linked to: Port Louis Harbour
hasViewOf Port Louis city center ⓘ
linked to: Port Louis

the harbor of Port Louis ⓘ
linked to: Port Louis Harbour
heritageValue example of 19th-century military architecture in Mauritius ⓘ
historicalEra British colonial period in Mauritius ⓘ
isOpenToPublic yes ⓘ
locatedIn Port Louis ⓘ
Port Louis District ⓘ
locatedOn a hilltop ⓘ
material masonry ⓘ
stone ⓘ
namedAfter Queen Adelaide ⓘ
overlooks Port Louis ⓘ
Port Louis harbor ⓘ
linked to: Port Louis Harbour
primaryPurpose to protect the city of Port Louis ⓘ
to protect the harbor ⓘ
region Indian Ocean ⓘ
tourismCategory cultural tourism site ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Port Louis → hasLandmark → Citadel Fort Adelaide ⓘ
Citadel Fort Adelaide → alsoKnownAs → Fort Adelaide ⓘ
linked to: Citadel Fort Adelaide