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Jaffna Fort (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணக் கோட்டை, romanized: Yāḻppāṇak Kōṭṭai; Sinhala: යාපනය බලකොටුව Yapanaya Balakotuwa) is a fort built by the Portuguese at Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1618 under Phillippe de Oliveira following the Portuguese invasion of Jaffna. The fort is located near the coastal village of Gurunagar. Due to numerous miracles attributed to the statue of Virgin Mary in the church nearby, the fort was named as Fortress of Our Lady of Miracles of Jafanapatão (Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora dos Milagres de Jafanapatão). It was captured by the Dutch under Rijcklof van Goens in 1658 who expanded it. In 1795, it was taken over by the British, and remained under the control of a British garrison till 1948. As the only large military fort in the country, due to the presence of only government and

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rdfs:label	Fort de Jaffna (fr) Jaffna Fort (en) ジャフナ要塞 (ja) Fort Jaffna (nl) Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora dos Milagres de Jafanapatão (pt)
rdfs:comment	Le fort de Jaffna est un fort à cinq côtés construit au XVIIe siècle par des marchands portugais et des missionnaires dans la région de Jaffna, Sri Lanka. (fr) ジャフナ要塞（英語: Jaffna Fort）は、スリランカの北部州ジャフナにある要塞。 (ja) Fort Jaffna is een voormalig Nederlands fort van de Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) in het huidige Sri Lanka nabij de stad Jaffna. (nl) A Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora dos Milagres de Jafanapatão, também referida como Fortaleza de Jafanapatão e hoje conhecida como Forte de Jaffna, localiza-se na atual Jaffna, no Sri Lanka. Revestiu-se de importância estratégica por se encontrar na península de Jaffna, sobre o estreito de Palk, que separa o Sri Lanka da Índia. (pt) Jaffna Fort (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணக் கோட்டை, romanized: Yāḻppāṇak Kōṭṭai; Sinhala: යාපනය බලකොටුව Yapanaya Balakotuwa) is a fort built by the Portuguese at Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1618 under Phillippe de Oliveira following the Portuguese invasion of Jaffna. The fort is located near the coastal village of Gurunagar. Due to numerous miracles attributed to the statue of Virgin Mary in the church nearby, the fort was named as Fortress of Our Lady of Miracles of Jafanapatão (Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora dos Milagres de Jafanapatão). It was captured by the Dutch under Rijcklof van Goens in 1658 who expanded it. In 1795, it was taken over by the British, and remained under the control of a British garrison till 1948. As the only large military fort in the country, due to the presence of only government and (en)
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