Portuguese Castle, Hormuz

Hormozgan Province · Iran

Portuguese Castle, Hormuz, Iran
Photo: ImanFakhri, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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A red-stone coastal fort built by the Portuguese in the early 16th century to guard the Strait of Hormuz. Its seaward bastions and cannon emplacements still face the Persian Gulf.

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