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((Short description|Monument in south India))
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((about|the fort in Kannur, India||Castel Sant'Angelo (disambiguation)))((confuse|Fort St Angelo of Malta))
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| caption = Inside the St. Angelos Fort
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'''St. Angelo Fort''' (also known as '''Kannur Fort''' or '''Kannur Kotta''') is a fort facing the [[Arabian Sea]], situated 3&nbsp;km from [[Canannore (Kannur)]], a city in [[Kerala]] state, [[south India]].

==History==
[[File:Cannonore fort & Bay'; a watercolor by John Johnston, c.1795-1801.jpg|left|thumb|
Cannonore fort & Bay'; a watercolor by John Johnston, c.1795-1801
]]

In 1498, during [[Vasco da Gama]]'s visit to India, the local [[Kolathiri]] king granted the land to [[Portuguese India|Portuguese]] to build a settlement in present-day Kerala. On 23 October 1505, he gave the Portuguese leader [[Francisco de Almeida]] the permission to build a fort at the site. The construction activity began the very next day, on 24 October 1505, when Goncalo Gil Barbosa - the Portuguese [[factor (agent)|factor]] of Cannanore (Kannur) - laid the foundation stone. The construction of the wooden fort was completed on 30 October 1505: its first Captain was Lourenco Britto, who led a garrison of 150 Portuguese men, and controlled two ships in the sea. After the fort was completed, Almeida began using the title "Viceroy", and in 1507, he started the construction of a stone fort at the site.<ref name="KMM_1988">((cite book |author=K. M. Mathew |title=History of the Portuguese Navigation in India, 1497-1600 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kl3IR3RJTIEC&pg=PA165 |year=1988 |publisher=Mittal |isbn=978-81-7099-046-8 |pages=165–166))</ref>

The fort was later attacked in vain by the local Indian ruler Zamorin and Kolathiri in the [[Siege of Cannanore (1507)]].
[[File:Fort_at_Kannur.jpg|left|thumb|Fort at Kannur]]

In August 1509 Almeida, refusing to recognize [[Afonso de Albuquerque]]'s as the new Portuguese governor to supersede himself, arrested him in this fortress after having fought the naval [[Battle of Diu]]. Afonso de Albuquerque was released after six months' confinement, and become governor on the arrival of the grand-marshal of Portugal with a large fleet, in October 1509.<ref>((cite news |first=Ricardo Bonalume |last=Neto |title=Lightning rod of Portuguese India | work=MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History | publisher=Cowles Enthusiast Media Spring | date=2002-04-01 |page=68  ))</ref>

The fort provided naval supplies for the [[Portuguese conquest of Goa]] and the [[Portuguese–Mamluk naval war|Portuguese battles against Mamuluk]]. As the local Portuguese settlement at Kannur had no sources of revenue, the fort's expenses were met with funding from Goa, the seat of Portuguese rule in India.<ref name="KMM_1988"/>

On 15 February 1663, the [[Dutch India|Dutch]] captured the fort from the Portuguese.<ref name="KMM_1988"/> They modernised the fort and built the bastions Hollandia, Zeelandia and Frieslandia that are the major features of the present structure. The original Portuguese fort was pulled down later. A painting of this fort and the fishing ferry behind it can be seen in the [[Rijksmuseum Amsterdam]]. The Dutch sold the fort to king [[Ali Raja]] of [[Arakkal]] in 1772. In 1790 the British seized it and used it as their chief military station in Malabar until 1947.

The fort is in the Cannanore Cantonment area. It is fairly well preserved as a protected monument under the Archaeological Survey of India. St Angelo's fort is a most important historical monument and a popular tourist attraction. Six Tourism Policeman are posted here for protection duty.

In 2015, thousands of cannonballs weighing several kilos were discovered from the Fort premises. The [[Archaeological Survey of India]], which led the excavation, believes these were buried as part of military preparedness.

==Present status==

The ''[[Mappila Bay|Moppila Bay]] Harbor'' and ''[[Arakkal]] Mosque'' are near the fort. The fort is now well-maintained under the supervision of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]]. Tourists are allowed entry to the fort every day of the week between 8 AM to 6 PM.

<gallery mode=packed heights=160 style="font-size:88%; line-height:130%">
File:St.angelo fort side view.jpg|St. Angelo Fort
File:Kannur Fort gate.jpg|The Fort Gate
File:Kannur-Fort-22.jpg|Kannur fort, inside view
File:Kannur-Fort-10.JPG|The Grave stone of Dutch commandents wife and two children with Dutch inscriptions<!-- The writings deciphered by a Tourism Policeman named Sathyan Edakkad -->
File:Kannur-fort-27.jpg|The watchtower
File:kannur-fort-19.jpg|The [[chapel]] inside the fort after the restoration
File:Kannur fort chapel.jpg|Chapel inside the fort different view
File:Kannur-fort-6.jpg|The stairway leads to the top of the fort wall. Note that the entire fort is made with [[laterite]] material.
File:Kannur-Fort-8.jpg|Remains of the early oil lamp [[Cannanore Lighthouse|lighthouse]] inside the fort
File:Kannur-Fort-13.jpg|Inside view of the army barracks
File:kannurfort9a.jpg|Another view from the top of the stable
File:Kannur-Fort-16.jpg|The old entrance to the fort
File:St. Angelo's Fort (4334331332).jpg|Entrance to the fort
File:Kannur-Fort-and-Arabian-Sea.jpg|Kannur Fort and Arabian Sea
File:Kannur fort gun.JPG|A [[cannon]] at Kannur fort
File:Kannur fort.jpg|[[Cannon|Cannons]] at Kannur fort
File:Kannur fort entrance.JPG|Main entrance
File:Kannur fort aerial view.JPG|View from the top
File:St. Angelo Fort, Kannur.JPG|St. Angelo Fort, Kannur
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==References==
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((commons category|St. Angelo Fort))

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