Reis Magos Fort
Restored riverside fort of pale ramparts, once a viceroy landing spot and a century-long jail.
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This guide opens inside Reis Magos Fort in Goa in 1739, with enemy forces all around and one stronghold on the Mandovi still holding out. You'll touch the rust-red laterite walls, hear about the fort's guns and its freshwater spring, and look across the narrow river mouth toward Panjim. Along the way come the Portuguese who built it in 1551, the viceroys lodged behind its walls and the Marathas who came down the coast. Best heard standing on the ramparts near a round turret.
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