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- Menikkadawara_fort abstract "Menikkadawara fort (Sinhalese: මැනික්කඩවර බලකොටුව), was a small fort located at Menikkadawara, Kegalle. The Portuguese called the place, Manicravaré or Manicavarê.In January 1599 the Portuguese erected a tranqueira (a wooden stockade) on the site.In 1603 the Portuguese were forced to withdraw from the area by the Kandyan forces. In 1626, under the supervision of the Portuguese Governor, Constantino de Sá de Noronha, the fort was upgraded and strengthened, the rectangular fortification was known as the Forte Santa Fe or the Cidadela (Citadel) of Forte Cruz, it had four bastions on each corner, named Saõ Iago, Saõ Boa Ventura, Saõ Jorge and Saõ Pedro. The fort was not a major structure and its status as a fort is questionable given that it consists mainly of earth ramparts. It did however play an strategic important role against the Kandyan kingdom, as the main marshalling point for Portuguese forces in their ongoing fight against the Kingdom of Kandy. It was recorded that approximately 400 Portuguese soldiers were garrisoned in the area. In the 1630s the fort fell to Kandyan forces, as the result of ongoining rebellion against the Portuguese invasion of the Kingdom of Kandy. The Portuguese however re-captured it. Following the defeat of the Portuguese in 1658, the area was re-occupied by the forces of the Kingdom of Kandy. The Menikkadawara fort lost its strategic role, once the Dutch secured control of Ceylon.Today the only remains of the fort that are visible are the earthern ramparts, which are overgrown with grass and weeds. The only other indication of the former fort is a sign erected on the site by the Department of Archaeology Department.".
- Menikkadawara_fort builder Portuguese_Ceylon.
- Menikkadawara_fort buildingEndDate "1599".
- Menikkadawara_fort location Kegalle_District.
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- Menikkadawara_fort location Sri_Lanka.
- Menikkadawara_fort thumbnail AMH-4548-NA_Maps_of_the_entrenchments_at_Arandere,_Tontotte,_Ruanelle_and_Sitavaque.jpg?width=300.
- Menikkadawara_fort type Fortification.
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- Menikkadawara_fort wikiPageRevisionID "700269566".
- Menikkadawara_fort wikiPageWikiLink Category:Dutch_forts_in_Sri_Lanka.
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- Menikkadawara_fort wikiPageWikiLink Category:Kegalle_District.
- Menikkadawara_fort wikiPageWikiLink Category:Portuguese_forts_in_Sri_Lanka.
- Menikkadawara_fort wikiPageWikiLink Constantino_de_Sá_de_Noronha.
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- Menikkadawara_fort wikiPageWikiLink Fortification.
- Menikkadawara_fort wikiPageWikiLink Kegalle_District.
- Menikkadawara_fort wikiPageWikiLink Kingdom_of_Kandy.
- Menikkadawara_fort wikiPageWikiLink List_of_governors_of_Portuguese_Ceylon.
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- Menikkadawara_fort wikiPageWikiLink Sri_Lanka.
- Menikkadawara_fort wikiPageWikiLink Stockade.
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- Menikkadawara_fort builder Portuguese_Ceylon.
- Menikkadawara_fort built "1599".
- Menikkadawara_fort condition "Few remains beneath the sand".
- Menikkadawara_fort latitude "7.18799".
- Menikkadawara_fort location Kegalle_District.
- Menikkadawara_fort location Sri_Lanka.
- Menikkadawara_fort longitude "80.251145".
- Menikkadawara_fort mapCaption "Sri Lanka".
- Menikkadawara_fort mapSize "300".
- Menikkadawara_fort mapType "Sri Lanka".
- Menikkadawara_fort name "Menikkadawara fort".
- Menikkadawara_fort type "Defence fort".
- Menikkadawara_fort wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Coord.
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- Menikkadawara_fort wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Lang-si.
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- Menikkadawara_fort subject Category:Dutch_forts_in_Sri_Lanka.
- Menikkadawara_fort subject Category:Forts_in_Sabaragamuwa_Province.
- Menikkadawara_fort subject Category:Kegalle_District.
- Menikkadawara_fort subject Category:Portuguese_forts_in_Sri_Lanka.
- Menikkadawara_fort hypernym Fort.
- Menikkadawara_fort point "7.18799 80.251145".
- Menikkadawara_fort type ArchitecturalStructure.
- Menikkadawara_fort type MilitaryStructure.
- Menikkadawara_fort type Place.
- Menikkadawara_fort type Location.
- Menikkadawara_fort type Place.
- Menikkadawara_fort type Thing.
- Menikkadawara_fort type SpatialThing.
- Menikkadawara_fort comment "Menikkadawara fort (Sinhalese: මැනික්කඩවර බලකොටුව), was a small fort located at Menikkadawara, Kegalle. The Portuguese called the place, Manicravaré or Manicavarê.In January 1599 the Portuguese erected a tranqueira (a wooden stockade) on the site.In 1603 the Portuguese were forced to withdraw from the area by the Kandyan forces.".
- Menikkadawara_fort label "Menikkadawara fort".
- Menikkadawara_fort sameAs Q18708387.
- Menikkadawara_fort sameAs m.012bnwm9.
- Menikkadawara_fort sameAs மெனிக்கடவரைக்_கோட்டை.
- Menikkadawara_fort sameAs Q18708387.
- Menikkadawara_fort lat "7.18799".
- Menikkadawara_fort long "80.251145".
- Menikkadawara_fort wasDerivedFrom Menikkadawara_fort?oldid=700269566.
- Menikkadawara_fort depiction AMH-4548-NA_Maps_of_the_entrenchments_at_Arandere,_Tontotte,_Ruanelle_and_Sitavaque.jpg.
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- Menikkadawara_fort name "Menikkadawara fort".