Forte do Príncipe Real

Forte da Preguiça; Forte do Príncipe Real
	Preguiça, São Nicolau in Cape Verde
Coordinates	16°33′51″N 24°16′46″W / 16.5641°N 24.2795°WCoordinates: 16°33′51″N 24°16′46″W / 16.5641°N 24.2795°W
Site information
Open to; the public	Yes
Condition	ruins
Site history
Built	1818

Forte do Príncipe Real (also: Forte da Preguiça) is a ruined fort in the village of Preguiça in the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde. It was built in 1820 to protect the roadstead and village of Preguiça.^[1] It sits at about 50 m elevation, at the waterfront. It was abandoned in the first decades of the 20th century, and other buildings (houses, a school) were built on top of its remains. In the 1990s these buildings were cleared, and the fortress was excavated.^[1]

References

1 2 Recuperação do Forte da Preguiça, C. Amaro and V. Santos, IPPAR, 2002

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[amaro-1] 1 2 Recuperação do Forte da Preguiça, C. Amaro and V. Santos, IPPAR, 2002