Fort São Caetano

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 ...

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