CARANJA FORT, KARANJA The fort on the southern peak was built in the form of a square, with an armed bastion at three of the corners. Close to it were the garrison barracks. A hundred armed men were maintained for the defense of the island. |
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IMAGE COLLECTION Jayaram, 2009 (jayaram-trekking.blogspot.pt) James Forbes, 1813 (oldphotosbombay.blogspot.pt)
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION Under the Portuguese (1530- 1740) Karanja was the extreme south of the Bassein province. In the sixteenth century it was a populous island with two forts, one on the east, in the present town of Uran, and the other on the top of the southern peak. The fort on the southern peak was built in the form of a square, with an armed bastion at three of the corners. Close to it were the garrison barracks. A hundred armed men were maintained for the defence of the island. In 1535 Fr; Antonio do Porto built the church of Sam Francisco and two other churches, Nossa Senhora de Salvacao and N. S. de Penha. All these are now in ruins. There was also the church of N. S. do Rozario and a Dominican hermitage built by Father Gen. T. Jeronimo da Paixao. A long winding flight of stone steps ran up the south hill, and, on the top, besides the fort were garrison barracks and the ruins of the church of N. S. de Penha. It is said that when the foundations of this church were dug a blue stone was found with an image of the Virgin. More... |
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