East Africa
Kenya
Mombasa County

Fort Jesus

Fort Jesus is a fort located on . Designed by the Italian architect Giovanni Battista Cairati, it was built between 1593 and 1596 by order of King Felipe II of Spain, who also reigned as King Filipe I of Portugal and the Algarves, to guard the Old Port of .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: fort in Mombasa, Kenya
  • Also known as: “Fort Jesus Museum”, “Fort Jesus National Monument”, and “Fort Jesus, Mombasa”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mombasa Hospital and Aga Khan Hospital.

Hospital
The , established by the British in 1891 as the English Hospital, is the oldest and largest private hospital in of . is situated 280 metres southeast of Fort Jesus.

Hospital
Established in 1944, the , in , is part of the Aga Khan Health Services. It is a 96-bed acute care facility offering health care. is situated 1¼ km southwest of Fort Jesus.

Memorial
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also referred to as Mapembe ya Ndovu or Mapembeni or Pembe za Ndovu, form a monument over Moi Avenue, a major thoroughfare in , . is situated 1½ km west of Fort Jesus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mombasa Old Town and Mombasa.

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Photo: Shiraz Chakera, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Old Town of Mombasa, also known as Mji Wa Kale, is the old part of , the main city of Mombasa County in . Situated on the south-east side of , the Old Town covers an area of 72 hectares, and is inhabited by a mix of Swahili, Arab, Persian, Indian, Asian, Portuguese and British settlers.

Photo: CT Cooper, CC BY 3.0.
with a population of 1.2 million, is the second-largest city in Kenya and its main port city. It is particularly known for its warm and sunny climate, white beaches and coral reef diving.

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The Coast Province was one of 's eight provinces prior to 2010. It covered the entire country's coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its capital city was .

Fort Jesus

Latitude
-4.06267° or 4° 3′ 46″ south
Longitude
39.6797° or 39° 40′ 47″ east
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
6G7XWMPH+WV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 94444068
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
198030
Wiki­data ID
Q379080
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Fort Jesus” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حصن يسوع في مومباسا”
  • Armenian: “Հիսուսի ամրոց”
  • Asturian: “Fuerte Jesús”
  • Azerbaijani: “İsa qalası”
  • Basque: “Mombasako Fort Jesus”
  • Belarusian: “Крэпасць Ісуса, Мамбаса”
  • Belarusian: “Крэпасць Ісуса”
  • Belarusian: “Крэпасьць Ісуса”
  • Catalan: “Fort Jesús”
  • Chinese: “耶稣堡”
  • Croatian: “Fort Jesus”
  • Czech: “Fort Jesus”
  • Danish: “Fort Jesus”
  • Dutch: “Fort Jesus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصن يسوع فى مومباسا”
  • Esperanto: “Fortikaĵo Jesuo”
  • Estonian: “Jeesuse fort”
  • Finnish: “Fort Jesus”
  • French: “fort Jesus”
  • French: “Fort Jesus”
  • Georgian: “ფორტ-ჟესუსი”
  • German: “Fort Jesus”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת ישו במומבסה”
  • Hungarian: “Fort Jesus”
  • Hungarian: “Jézus erőd”
  • Italian: “forte Jesus”
  • Italian: “Forte Jesus”
  • Japanese: “ジーザス要塞”
  • Kazakh: “Форт Иисус”
  • Kotava: “Jesus folk ke Mombasa”
  • Lithuanian: “Jėzaus fortas”
  • Malay: “Fort Jesus”
  • Malay: “Forte Jesus de Mombaça”
  • Malay: “Kubu Jesus”
  • Malayalam: “ഫോർട്ട് ജീസസ്സ്”
  • Maltese: “Forti ta‘ Ġesù”
  • Maltese: “Forti ta’ Ġesù”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Jesus”
  • Norwegian: “Fort Jesus”
  • Persian: “قلعه ژسوس”
  • Polish: “Fort Jesus”
  • Portuguese: “Forte de São Jesus de Mombaça”
  • Portuguese: “Forte Jesus de Mombaça”
  • Portuguese: “Forte Jesus”
  • Russian: “Форт Иисус”
  • Serbian: “Тврђава Исуса”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fort Jesus”
  • Slovak: “Fort Jesus”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte Jesus”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte Jesús”
  • Swahili: “Boma la Yesu”
  • Swahili: “Ngome ya Yesu”
  • Swahili: “Ngome Yesu”
  • Swedish: “Fort Jesus”
  • Tamil: “இயேசு கோட்டை”
  • Tatar: “‘Гайсә кальгасы’ милли музей-һәйкәле”
  • Tatar: “Fort Jesus милли музей-һәйкәле”
  • Turkish: “İsa Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Форт Ісус”
  • Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Jesus”

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