Chapora Fort

Local nameFort Chapora
LocationGoa, India

Chapora Fort, located in Bardez, Goa, rises high above the Chapora River. The site was the location of a fort built by Muslim ruler Adil Shah called Shahpura, whose name the Portuguese altered to Chapora. The fort changed hands several times after Portuguese acquired Bardez. Trying to end the Portuguese rule in Goa, Prince Akbar joined his father's enemies, the Marathas in 1683 and made this place his base camp. It became the northern outpost of the Old Conquests. After the Portuguese recovered from an encounter with the Marathas, they strengthened their northern defenses and provided shelter to the people there.

Across the Chapora river, the Hindu ruler of Pernem, the Maharaja of Sawantwadi who was an old enemy of the Portuguese held the fort for two years. The Portuguese came in 1717, and carried out extensive repairs of the fort, adding features like bastions and a tunnel that extended to the seashore and banks of the Chapora River for emergencies.

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Opening hours

Daily: 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Admission

Admission to the fort is free.

More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapora_Fort

Official website http://www.goatourism.gov.in/destinations/forts/152-chapora-fort

Address India

Coordinates 15°36'21.267" N 73°44'10.321" E

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