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Fort São Caetano is a 16th century fort that was built in the 16th century in what is now
Sofala
Sofala, at present known as Nova Sofala, used to be the chief seaport of the Mwenemutapa Kingdom, whose capital was at Mount Fura. It is located on the Sofala Bank in Sofala Province of Mozambique. It was founded by Somali merchants. This name wa ...
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Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
. The fort dates back to 1505 where Pêro de Anaia took the title of Captain-General of Sofala and officially made it the first Portuguese colony in the region.
Pêro de Anaia Pêro de Anaia or Pedro d'Anaya or Anhaya or da Nhaya or da Naia (died March 1506) was a Castilian-Portuguese 16th-century knight, who established and became the first captain-major of the Portuguese Fort São Caetano in Sofala, and thus the first ...
created a factory and Fort São Caetano from stones imported from Europe.
{{Forts and fortresses of the Portuguese empire, state=collapsed
Infrastructure completed in 1505
Sao Caetano
Portuguese forts
1505 establishments in Portuguese Mozambique
Buildings and structures in Sofala Province
Portuguese colonial architecture in Mozambique