Central Africa
Angola
Luanda Province

Fortress of São Miguel

Fortaleza de São Miguel or Saint Michael Fortress was a fortress built in 1576 in the District of Luanda, Angola. During Dutch rule in Angola between 1641 and 1648, the fort was known as Fort Aardenburgh.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: fortress
  • Also known as: “Fort Aardenburgh”, “Fort San Miguel”, “Luanda Saint Miguel Fortress”, and “São Miguel”
  • Address: Luanda

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum of Military History and Coqueiros Municipal Stadium.

Museum
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The Museum of the Armed Forces is located in Fortaleza de São Miguel de Luanda, in the District of , . Founded in 1975, following the independence of Angola, the museum includes bi-motor airplanes, combat vehicles, and diverse arms and artifacts used during the Angolan War of Independence, the South African Border War, and the Angolan Civil War. is situated 160 metres south of Fortress of São Miguel.

Stadium
Estádio dos Coqueiros is a multi-use in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Benfica de Luanda and Kabuscorp. is situated 790 metres southeast of Fortress of São Miguel.

Museum
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
The Museu Nacional de Antropologia is an anthropological museum in the District of the city of , Angola. Founded on 13 November 1976, it is a cultural and scientific institution, dedicated to the collection, research, conservation, presentation and dissemination of the Angolan cultural heritage. is situated 1 km southeast of Fortress of São Miguel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maianga and Samba.

Suburb
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is one of the six municipalities of the administrative division of the , Angola. In 2011, as part of a restructuring of Luanda's regional government, the municipality was designated as one of Luanda's six urban districts.

Suburb
is one of the six urban districts that make up the in Luanda Province, . is situated 3½ km south of Fortress of São Miguel.

Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, the capital of , is on the Atlantic coast. Its current renaissance is an inspiring success story. Decades of conflict, which only ended in 2002, had long held Angola back.

Fortress of São Miguel

Latitude
-8.80776° or 8° 48′ 28″ south
Longitude
13.2232° or 13° 13′ 24″ east
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Operator
Portugal
Open location code
6F3M56RF+V7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7246710027
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fortress
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2237120
Wiki­data ID
Q1408988
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Fortress of São Miguel” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սան Միգելի ամրոց (Լուանդա)”
  • Armenian: “Սան Միգելի ամրոց”
  • Catalan: “Fortalesa de São Miguel”
  • Dutch: “Fort Aardenburgh”
  • Dutch: “Fort São Miguel”
  • Dutch: “Vesting Sint Miguel van Loeanda”
  • French: “Forteresse de Sainte Miguel de Luanda”
  • German: “Festung Der Heilige Miguel von Luanda”
  • German: “Festung São Miguel von Luanda”
  • Hausa: “Ganuwa na São Miguel”
  • Italian: “Fortezza di San Miguel di Luanda”
  • Japanese: “サン・ミゲル・デ・ルアンダ要塞”
  • Japanese: “ルアンダの聖マイケル要塞”
  • Polish: “Twierdza Święty Miguel z Luandy”
  • Portuguese: “Fortaleza de São Miguel de Luanda”
  • Portuguese: “Fortaleza de são miguel”
  • Portuguese: “Fortaleza de São Miguel”
  • Portuguese: “Fortaleza de São Paulo de Luanda”
  • Romanian: “Fortaleza de Sao Miguel”
  • Romanian: “Fortaleza de São Miguel”
  • Romanian: “Fortaleza de Sfânt Miguel”
  • Romanian: “Fortăreaţa San Miguel”
  • Romanian: “Fortăreața San Miguel”
  • Russian: “Крепость Сан-Мигель”
  • Russian: “Крепость Святой Мигель”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza de São Miguel de Luanda”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza San Miguel de Luanda”
  • Swedish: “Fortaleza de São Miguel”
  • Swedish: “Helgon Miguels Fästning”
  • Swedish: “San Miguels fästning”
  • Swedish: “São Miguels fästning”
  • Ukrainian: “Фортеця Сан-Мігель”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fortress of São Miguel”. Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.