St. Angelo Fort , Kannur
St. Angelo Fort was built by the Portuguese in 1505 with the permission of a local king of the area -Kalathiri . It is located in a small land barrier between Lakshadweep Sea and Mappila Bay. The construction was started under the leadership of Dom Francisco de Almeida, the first Viceroy of Portuguese India. The Fort was designed by Thomas Fernandes, a Portuguese architect. The Fort was the Naval base of Portuguese to support supplies for their conquest in West coast and Malacca. In 1663 The Dutch captured the Fort. They reconstructed the entire Fort with new bastions. In 1772 the Dutch sold it to Ali Raja of Arackal Dynasty. During the third Anglo-Mysore war General Abercrombie captured the Fort stating that Ali Raja.