Moti Daman Fort

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Moti Daman Fort is a large 16th-century Portuguese coastal fortification in Daman, India, known for its massive walls, bastions, and colonial-era churches and buildings.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nani Daman Fort 2
Moti Daman Fort canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Portuguese fortification ⓘ
fort ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
builder Portuguese ⓘ
Portuguese colonial rulers of Daman ⓘ
builtInCentury 16th century ⓘ
category Coastal fort in India ⓘ
Portuguese forts in India ⓘ
constructionStart 1559 ⓘ
contains Bom Jesus Church ⓘ
Our Lady of the Rosary Church ⓘ
government offices ⓘ
old Portuguese cemetery ⓘ
controlledBy Government of India ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
country India ⓘ
feature bastions ⓘ
colonial-era administrative buildings ⓘ
colonial-era churches ⓘ
gates ⓘ
massive walls ⓘ
moat ⓘ
ramparts ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
hasBastionsCountApprox 10 ⓘ
hasView Arabian Sea ⓘ
Daman Ganga River estuary ⓘ
heritage Portuguese colonial ⓘ
historicalEra Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

Portuguese India period ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese India
locatedBy Arabian Sea ⓘ
locatedIn Daman ⓘ
linked to: Daman district

Daman and Diu ⓘ
Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ
locatedInPart Moti Daman ⓘ
locatedOn west coast of India ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
nearby Nani Daman Fort ⓘ
linked to: Moti Daman Fort
openToPublic yes ⓘ
purpose defense ⓘ
protection of Portuguese settlement in Daman ⓘ
region western India ⓘ
status in use ⓘ
well-preserved ⓘ
style Portuguese colonial architecture ⓘ
tourism popular tourist destination in Daman ⓘ
wallShape irregular polygon ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Daman district → hasFort → Moti Daman Fort ⓘ
Daman district → hasFort → Nani Daman Fort ⓘ
linked to: Moti Daman Fort
Moti Daman Fort → nearby → Nani Daman Fort ⓘ
linked to: Moti Daman Fort