Portuguese Castle of Hormuz

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The Portuguese Castle of Hormuz is a 16th-century coastal fortress built by the Portuguese Empire on Iran’s strategic Hormuz Island to control trade through the Persian Gulf.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hormuz Fort 1
Portuguese Castle of Hormuz canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Portuguese colonial fortification ⓘ
castle ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fort of Our Lady of the Conception ⓘ
Hormuz Fort ⓘ
architect Portuguese military engineers ⓘ
architecturalStyle military architecture ⓘ
builtFor Portuguese Crown ⓘ
condition partially ruined ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
creator Portuguese Empire ⓘ
culturalSignificance important site in Iran–Portugal shared history ⓘ
symbol of Portuguese presence in the Persian Gulf ⓘ
hasPart bastion ⓘ
courtyard ⓘ
rampart ⓘ
watchtower ⓘ
heritageDesignation Iranian national heritage site ⓘ
national monument of Iran ⓘ
inception 16th century ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Hormozgan Province ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Persian Gulf ⓘ
locatedInCountry Iran ⓘ
locatedInHistoricRegion Persia ⓘ
locatedNear Strait of Hormuz ⓘ
locatedOn Hormuz Island ⓘ
materialUsed brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
namedAfter Hormuz Island ⓘ
nearbyCity Bandar Abbas ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
operator Portuguese Empire ⓘ
partOf Portuguese fortifications in the Persian Gulf ⓘ
purpose control of maritime trade routes ⓘ
defense of Portuguese interests in the Persian Gulf ⓘ
region southern Iran ⓘ
significantEvent Portuguese occupation of Hormuz Island ⓘ
strategicImportance control of access to the Indian Ocean ⓘ
control of access to the Persian Gulf ⓘ
touristAttraction true ⓘ
usedFor military defense ⓘ
trade route control ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Hormuz Island → hasLandmark → Portuguese Castle of Hormuz ⓘ
Portuguese Castle of Hormuz → alsoKnownAs → Hormuz Fort ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese Castle of Hormuz