Fort Aguada
Built in 1612, this old Portuguese was constructed to protect the coast from the Dutch and the Marathas. Interestingly, the fort got its name (Aguada meaning water) from the freshwater spring within the premises and is characterised by a four-storey lighthouse erected in 1864—the oldest of its kind in Asia. The land around the fort is now owned by the Taj group, and on the ramparts behind the fort sits the Fort Aguada Beach Resort, where the original fort once did.
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