Category:Fort Al Jalali

This building is classified as
Património de Influência Portuguesa
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It is indexed in the SIPA database (Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitetónico) under the reference 24609.
Object location23° 37′ 00.39″ N, 58° 35′ 51.91″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMapinfo
<nowiki>Trdnjava Al Džalali; アル・ジャラーリー要塞; Benteng Al-Jalali; قلعة الجلالي; Fort Al Jalali; Forte de Al-Jalali; Fort Al Jalali; قلعه جلالی; 杰拉利堡; 알자라리 요새; Burg in Oman; bangunan kuil di Oman; fort in the harbor of Old Muscat, Oman.; قلعة في سلطنة عمان; טירה בעומאן; kasteel in Oman</nowiki>
Fort Al Jalali 
fort in the harbor of Old Muscat, Oman.
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Part of
  • Mascate fortresses
LocationMuscat, Muscat Governorate, Oman
Heritage designation
Inception
  • 1586
Different from
Map23° 36′ 59.51″ N, 58° 35′ 52.66″ E
Authority file
Wikidata Q5470710
SIPA ID: 24609
HPIP ID: 220
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Fort Al Jalali was built by the portuguese in Muscat harbor in the 1580s to protect the harbor after Muscat had twice been sacked by Ottoman forces. It later went through extensive changes, at one time serving as the main prison in Oman. Today it is a private museum.