Fort of St Jerome, Daman

The 1627 Fort of St Jerome at Nani Daman, Daman — a Portuguese star-shaped bastion fort on the Daman Ganga north bank designed to protect the northern approach to Nani Daman settlement against the Mughal and later Maratha raids on the Portuguese enclave. The fort has three bastions, a central gatehouse, and a chapel of Our Lady of the Sea built into the eastern bastion. The fort's walls are mostly intact; the 1627 inscription above the entrance identifies the Portuguese Captain-General Dom Diogo de Mendoça Furtado as the builder. The site is ASI-protected since 1961 and is one of the chief heritage structures of the Portuguese-era Daman settlement. The adjoining Portuguese-era 1891 Our Lady of the Sea Chapel is still active.