Fortim d'El-Rei

Fortim d'El-Rei - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Fortim d'El Rei is a fort in Mindelo, in the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde. It is located on a hill north of the city centre, in the neighbourhood Fortinho. It was built in 1852 for the defence of Porto Grande Bay and the city of Mindelo.Génese e desenvolvimento da cidade do Mindelo: a preservação de uma identidade, Fred Yanick Fonseca Delgado, 2016, p. 124 Since 1930, it was only used for civil purposes, and it gradually fell into disrepair. Read more on Wikipedia

type: military installation
date from: 1852

Source: en.wikipedia.org