São_Sebastião_Museum

São Sebastião Museum

São Sebastião Museum

National Museum in São Tomé Island, São Tomé and Príncipe

São Sebastião Museum is a museum, housed in a 16th-century fortress in the city of São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe. It lies in the northeastern part of the city centre, at the southeastern end of Ana Chaves Bay. It contains religious art and colonial-era artifacts.[1] The fortress was built in 1566 by the Portuguese in order to protect the port and city of São Tomé against pirate attacks.[2] A lighthouse was established in the fortress in 1866; it was rebuilt in 1928.[3] The fortress was restored at the end of the 1950s.[4]

Three of the explorer's statues in front of the museum
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References

  1. [1]
    São Sebastião Museum Saotome.st
  2. [2]
    Fernandes, José Manuel (October 2012). "As cidades de São Tomé e de Santo António, até aos séculos XIX e XX - arquitectura e urbanismo". Actas do Colóquio Internacional São Tomé e Príncipe Numa Perspectiva Interdisciplinar, Diacrónica e Sincrónica. ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon: 75. hdl:10071/3906.
  3. [3]
    Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of São Tomé and Príncipe". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  4. [4]
    Forte de São Sebastião, Fortalezas.org (in Portuguese)
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