Fort of Santa Cruz - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Fort of Santa Cruz - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Fort of Santa Cruz ( or Castelo da Santa Cruz), is a 16th-century fortification located in the civil parish of Angústias, municipality of Horta, on the island of Faial in the Portuguese Azores. Occasionally referred to as the Castelo de Santa Cruz by locals, it is situated in the historic centre of the city, on the edge of Horta Bay. It was constructed to work in conjunction with the Fort of Bom Jesus ()The Bom Jesus Fort was demolished in the 1940s to make way for the extension of the Avenida Marginal and the local tribunal. at the mouth of the Ribeira da Conceição and Fort of Greta () along the coast of the extinct spatter cone Monte da Guia, to defend the entrance to the harbour and southern access to the Bay. Read more on Wikipedia
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