Fort Santo António de Lifau

Fort Santo António
Lifau, Oecusse, Timor-Leste
Monument in Lifau, where the fort used to stand.
Site information
ConditionDemolished
Location
Fort Santo António
Coordinates9°13′00″S 124°18′00″E / 9.21667°S 124.30000°E / -9.21667; 124.30000
Site history
Built1702
Built byPortuguese Empire

Fort Santo António de Lifau was a Portuguese fort once built by the mouth of the Tono River, in Lifau, district of Oecusse, in East-Timor, the first fort built by the Portuguese Crown, where only forts maintained by Dominican missionaries and Portuguese merchants previously existed.

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