São Sebastião Museum

São Sebastião Museum is a museum, housed in a 16th century fortress in the city of São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe. It lies in the northeastern part of the city centre, at the southeastern end of Ana Chaves Bay. It contains religious art and colonial-era artifacts.[1] The fortress was built in 1566 by the Portuguese in order to protect the port and city of São Tomé against pirate attacks.[2] A lighthouse was established in the fortress in 1866; it was rebuilt in 1928.[3] The fortress was restored at the end of the 1950s.[4]

Three of the explorer's statues in the museum
São Sebastião Museum
Museu São Sebastião
Forte de São Sebastião
Location within São Tomé
Established1566 (fortress)
late 1970s (museum)
LocationSão Tomé, São Tomé Island, São Tomé and Príncipe
Coordinates
TypeNational Museum
Collectionsculture, local, artistry

See also

References
  1. São Sebastião Museum Saotome.st
  2. Fernandes, José Manuel (October 2012). "As cidades de São Tomé e de Santo António, até aos séculos XIX e XX - arquitectura e urbanismo". ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon: 75. hdl:10071/3906. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of São Tomé and Príncipe". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  4. Forte de São Sebastião, Fortalezas.org (in Portuguese)
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