Chapora Fort

En un regard

Le château en bref

Chapora Fort crowns the red hill overlooking the mouth of the Chapora River, in northern Bardez, between the beaches of Vagator and the coast of Morjim. Its laterite silhouette, now in ruins, follows the contours of the promontory: an irregular enclosure with thick walls, punctuated by rounded bastions, encloses a vast grassy plateau where few interior buildings now survive. A former border post, it watched over the passes through which the Marathas and local chieftains threatened Portuguese lands. The site still bears the trace of this defensive purpose: the entrances of two evacuation tunnels can still be made out, while Muslim graves, probably predating the colonial period, dot the southern slope. Abandoned at the end of the nineteenth century, the fort has become one of Goa's most frequented viewpoints, prized for its views over the river, the Arabian Sea and the beaches of Anjuna and Vagator.