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Fort São Tiago Maior
Fortaleza de São Tiago Maior
Tete in Mozambique
Fort São Tiago Maior
Coordinates	16°10′00″S 33°36′00″E / 16.16667°S 33.60000°E / -16.16667; 33.60000
Site information
Controlled by	Portugal Mozambique
Site history
Built	1575

The Fort São Tiago Maior of Tete (Fortaleza de São Tiago Maior do Tete in Portuguese) also known as Tete Fort (Fortaleza de Tete in Portuguese) is a former fort of the Portuguese Empire built in Tete, Tete Province in Mozambique.

Located 600 kilometers from the mouth of the Zambezi River, on its right bank, the fort was first built in 1575 by the initiative of Vasco Fernandes Homem and was restored in 1686. It featured a square shape, measuring 80 to 90 meters long, and round bastions on its four edges. It was reparied in 1837 by order of commander Manuel Correia Monteiro to face the attacks of the Vátuas. It was restored in 1942.

Marquis de Sade mentions the Fort of Tete in his novel Aline et Valcour.

See also

• Portuguese Mozambique

References

1. ^ José Manuel Fernandes: Fortaleza de São Tiago Maior, Tete, Tete, Moçambique in hpip.org.
2. Léonore, personnage central d’Aline et Valcour ? in journals.openedition.org.

• 16th-century fortifications
• Forts in Mozambique
• Portuguese forts
• Buildings and structures in Nampula Province
• Tourist attractions in Nampula Province
• Portuguese colonial architecture in Mozambique