Corjuem Fort

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{{Infobox military structure
|name = Corjuem Fort
|native_name = Forte de Corjuem
|partof = [[Goa]]
|location = [[Bardez]], [[Goa]]
|image = [[File:Corjuem Fort.jpg|200px]]
|caption = Counter-Clockwise from top: 1. Coat of Arms of Portugal 2. Bird's eye view of the Fort 3. Santuário de Santo [[Anthony of Padua|António de Lisboa]] 4. A Cross embedded into a niche.
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|map_caption = Location of Corjuem Fort in Goa
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|builder = Caetano de Melo e Castro
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|used = Abandoned in 1894
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|condition = Partial Ruin
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'''Corjuem Fort''' is a fortress situated {{convert|4|km|mi}} from the village of [[Aldona]] on the [[river island]] of Corjuem, [[Goa]]. It was a military fortress for the defense of [[Portuguese India]]. It is smaller than the other forts in Goa, but it gives a good view of the surrounding river and land. It is a protected monument under the Goa, Daman and Diu ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains act.<ref name="toi">{{cite news|last1=Fernandes|first1=Joaquim|title=Goa government to restore Corjuem fort|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-government-to-restore-Corjuem-fort/articleshow/40411454.cms|access-date=21 August 2016|work=[[Times of India]]|date=Aug 19, 2014}}</ref>

Corjuem Fort is {{convert|12|km|mi}} from [[Panjim]].

==Location==
The Fort of Corjuem ({{lang-pt|italic=yes|Forte de Corjuem}}) is situated on an [[Corjuem island|island]] with the same name in [[Bardez]], to the east of the village of [[Aldona]], from which it is separated by the [[Mapusa River|Mapuçá River]] (a tributary of the [[Mandovi River|Mandovi]]). It is one of the only two inland forts that are surviving that are made of pitted laterite.

==History==
The original occupiers of the island around the fort were the [[Bammon]]s of [[Sancoale]], but it was raided by Marathas (in the late 1600s) who later transferred control to Sawant-Bhonsle of Sawantwadi. Under the Portuguese Viceroy Caetano de Mello e Castro, the control of the island came back under [[Portuguese India]]'s administration.<ref>[[:pt:Caetano de Melo e Castro]], Retrieved 10 May 2012{{Circular reference|date=September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=da Fonseca|first=José Nicolau|title=Historical and Archaeological Sketch of the City of Goa|date=January 1878|publisher=Thacker & Co.|pages=85|url=https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Jos%C3%A9_Nicolau_da_Fonseca_An_historical_and_arch%C3%A6olo?id=-aA5AQAAIAAJ&feature=more_from_author}}</ref> This fort built in 1705, by the Portuguese, as a defense against [[Maratha Invasion of Goa (1683)|Maratha aggression]], and was subsequently rebuilt and reinforced by them to boost up defenses along [[Panjim]].
In the eighteenth century, this fort successfully protected the Portuguese from the Bhonsles and the Ranes, who were camped just beyond the [[Mandovi River]].

In the early 1800s, the fort was used as a Military School and had in its defenses a battery of four guns. The fortress defended the town of [[Corjuem]] and also has a chapel under the parochial church of Aldona. The fort fell into disuse after the success of [[Novas Conquistas]], as it had lost its purpose as a border defense.<ref>{{cite book|last=da Fonseca|first=José Nicolau|title=Historical and Archaeological Sketch of the City of Goa|date=January 1878|publisher=Thacker & Co.|pages=86|url=https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Jos%C3%A9_Nicolau_da_Fonseca_An_historical_and_arch%C3%A6olo?id=-aA5AQAAIAAJ&feature=more_from_author}}</ref>

===Incidents===
The fort also has an interesting incident in which an ambitious Portuguese woman named [[Maria Ursula Lancastro y Abreu|Ursula e Lancastre]], who determined to see the man's world, dressed as a male and took up navigation and military roles. She landed up at Corjuem as a soldier but was later noticed and stripped from her military position.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bryn Thomas|first=Douglas Streatfeild-James|title=Lonely Planet : Goa|date=Feb 1998|publisher=Lonely Planey|location=205|isbn=0864424884|pages=285|url=https://books.google.com/?id=GZUwAQAAIAAJ&q=Ursula+e+Lancastre&dq=Ursula+e+Lancastre}}</ref>

==Santuário de Santo António de Lisboa==
There is a Shrine dedicated to [[Anthony of Padua|St. Anthony]] within the walls of the fort, at its entrance. It is under the ownership of the Parish of Aldona and is regularly patronized and renovated.

==References==
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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/corjuem-fort-to-be-developed-as-heritage-touristic-destination/articleshow/59758817.cms |title=Corjuem fort to be developed as heritage touristic destination |date=Oct 2018 |website=timesofindia}}</ref>

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[[Category:Portuguese forts]]
[[Category:Forts in Goa]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in North Goa district]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1705]]
[[Category:1705 establishments in India]]
[[Category:1894 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:1890s disestablishments in Portuguese India]]
[[Category:Military installations established in 1705]]

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