1/6 · ExteriorPhoto: O.Mustafin · CC0 · source
2/6 · ExteriorPhoto: O.Mustafin · CC0 · source
3/6 · Exterior · Remains of a Portuguese Fort in MombasaPhoto: Danish Dhamani · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
4/6 · Interior · Fort Jesus, Mombasa, KenyaPhoto: Bahnfrend · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
5/6 · Interior · Fort Jesus, Mombasa, KenyaPhoto: Bahnfrend · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
6/6 · Interior · Portuguese Wall Paintings of Fort Jesus Mombasa KenyaPhoto: Allamiro · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Civic · Historic precedent
Fort Jesus
Giovanni Battista Cairati · Mombasa, KE · 1596
Key featuresBastioned Renaissance fort of coral stone, its plan laid out like a human figure on a coastal ridge.
- Architect
- Giovanni Battista Cairati
- Place
- Mombasa, KE
- Year
- 1596
- Typology
- Civic
- Movement
- Historic precedent
- Region
- Africa
See it on the wall