"Menikkadawara"@ca . . . "Menikkadawara Fort"@en . "Menikkadawara Fort"@en . . "Sri Lanka"@en . "1599"^^ . . . . . "Defence fort"@en . . . . . . . . . "80.25114440917969"^^ . . "Menikkadawara Fort"@en . . "Few remains beneath the sand"@en . . "Menikkadawara (Sinhalese: \u0DB8\u0DD0\u0DB1\u0DD2\u0D9A\u0DCA\u0D9A\u0DA9\u0DC0\u0DBB \u0DB6\u0DBD\u0D9A\u0DDC\u0DA7\u0DD4\u0DC0), fou un petit fort localitzat a Menikkadawara, Els portuguesos anomenaven el lloc, Manicravar\u00E9 o Manicavar\u00EA. El gener de 1599 els portuguesos van aixecar una tranqueira (un empallissada de fusta) en el lloc. El 1603 els portuguesos van ser for\u00E7ats a retirar-se de l'\u00E0rea per les forces reials de Kandy. El 1626, sota la supervisi\u00F3 del governador portugu\u00E8s, Constantino de S\u00E1 de Noronha, el fort fou refor\u00E7at en una construcci\u00F3 rectangular coneguda com a Forte Santa Fe o Cidadela (Ciutadella) de Forte Cruz, que va tenir quatre baluards un en cada cantonada, anomenats Sa\u00F5 Iago, Sa\u00F5 Boa Ventura, Sa\u00F5 Jorge i Sa\u00F5 Pedro. El fort no va ser una estructura important i el seu estat com a fortalesa \u00E9s q\u00FCestionable donat que consistia principalment de mura"@ca . . "44446889"^^ . "Menikkadawara (Sinhalese: \u0DB8\u0DD0\u0DB1\u0DD2\u0D9A\u0DCA\u0D9A\u0DA9\u0DC0\u0DBB \u0DB6\u0DBD\u0D9A\u0DDC\u0DA7\u0DD4\u0DC0), fou un petit fort localitzat a Menikkadawara, Els portuguesos anomenaven el lloc, Manicravar\u00E9 o Manicavar\u00EA. El gener de 1599 els portuguesos van aixecar una tranqueira (un empallissada de fusta) en el lloc. El 1603 els portuguesos van ser for\u00E7ats a retirar-se de l'\u00E0rea per les forces reials de Kandy. El 1626, sota la supervisi\u00F3 del governador portugu\u00E8s, Constantino de S\u00E1 de Noronha, el fort fou refor\u00E7at en una construcci\u00F3 rectangular coneguda com a Forte Santa Fe o Cidadela (Ciutadella) de Forte Cruz, que va tenir quatre baluards un en cada cantonada, anomenats Sa\u00F5 Iago, Sa\u00F5 Boa Ventura, Sa\u00F5 Jorge i Sa\u00F5 Pedro. El fort no va ser una estructura important i el seu estat com a fortalesa \u00E9s q\u00FCestionable donat que consistia principalment de muralles de terra. Tanmateix va jugar una funci\u00F3 important estrat\u00E8gica contra el regne de Kandy, com el principal punt de les forces portugueses en la seva lluita contra el Regne de Kandy. Queda const\u00E0ncia que aproximadament 400 soldats portuguesos estaven de guarnici\u00F3 a l'\u00E0rea. En els anys 1630 el fort va caure a mans de les forces de Kandy, com a resultat de la rebel\u00B7li\u00F3 en marxa contra la invasi\u00F3 portuguesa del regne de Kandy. Els portuguesos tanmateix el van capturar. Despr\u00E9s de la derrota dels portuguesos el 1658, l'\u00E0rea fou re-ocupada per les forces del Regne de Kandy. El fort de Menikkadawara va perdre la seva funci\u00F3 estrat\u00E8gica, una vegada que els holandesos es van assegurar el control de Ceilan. Avui les \u00FAniques restes del fort que s\u00F3n visibles s\u00F3n restes de les muralles, les quals s\u00F3n cobertes amb herba i males herbes. L'altra \u00FAnica indicaci\u00F3 del antic fort \u00E9s un signe aixecat en el lloc pel Departament d'Arqueologia."@ca . "7.187990188598633"^^ . "Menikkadawara Fort (Sinhala: \u0DB8\u0DD0\u0DB1\u0DD2\u0D9A\u0DCA\u0D9A\u0DA9\u0DC0\u0DBB \u0DB6\u0DBD\u0D9A\u0DDC\u0DA7\u0DD4\u0DC0 M\u00E6nikkadawara Balakotuwa;Tamil: \u0BAE\u0BC6\u0BA9\u0BBF\u0B95\u0BCD\u0B95\u0B9F\u0BB5\u0BB0\u0BC8\u0B95\u0BCD \u0B95\u0BCB\u0B9F\u0BCD\u0B9F\u0BC8, romanized: Me\u1E49ikka\u1E6Davaraik K\u014D\u1E6D\u1E6Dai), was a small fort located at Menikkadawara, Kegalle. The Portuguese called the place, Manicravar\u00E9 or Manicavar\u00EA. In January 1599 the Portuguese erected a tranqueira (a wooden stockade) on the site. In 1603 the Portuguese were forced to withdraw from the area by the Kandyan forces. In 1626, under the supervision of the Portuguese Governor, Constantino de S\u00E1 de Noronha, the fort was upgraded and strengthened, the rectangular fortification was known as the Forte Santa Fe or the Cidadela (Citadel) of Forte Cruz, it had four bastions on each corner, named Sa\u00F5 Iago, Sa\u00F5 Boa Ventura, Sa\u00F5 Jorge and Sa\u00F5 Pedro. The fort was not a major structure, and its status as a fort was questionable since it was mainly earth ramparts. It, however, played a strategically-important role against the Kandyan kingdom, as the main marshalling point for Portuguese forces in their ongoing fight against the Kingdom of Kandy. It was recorded that approximately 400 Portuguese soldiers were garrisoned in the area. In the 1630s the fort fell to Kandyan forces, as the result of ongoining rebellion against the Portuguese invasion of the Kingdom of Kandy. The Portuguese however re-captured it. Following the defeat of the Portuguese in 1658, the area was re-occupied by the forces of the Kingdom of Kandy. The Menikkadawara fort lost its strategic role, once the Dutch secured control of Ceylon. Today, the only remains of the fort that are visible are the earthen ramparts, which are overgrown with grass and weeds."@en . "1599" . . "1076431549"^^ . . "7.18799 80.251145" . . "Menikkadawara Fort (Sinhala: \u0DB8\u0DD0\u0DB1\u0DD2\u0D9A\u0DCA\u0D9A\u0DA9\u0DC0\u0DBB \u0DB6\u0DBD\u0D9A\u0DDC\u0DA7\u0DD4\u0DC0 M\u00E6nikkadawara Balakotuwa;Tamil: \u0BAE\u0BC6\u0BA9\u0BBF\u0B95\u0BCD\u0B95\u0B9F\u0BB5\u0BB0\u0BC8\u0B95\u0BCD \u0B95\u0BCB\u0B9F\u0BCD\u0B9F\u0BC8, romanized: Me\u1E49ikka\u1E6Davaraik K\u014D\u1E6D\u1E6Dai), was a small fort located at Menikkadawara, Kegalle. The Portuguese called the place, Manicravar\u00E9 or Manicavar\u00EA. Today, the only remains of the fort that are visible are the earthen ramparts, which are overgrown with grass and weeds."@en . . . . . . . . "3932"^^ . . . . "Sri Lanka"@en . . . . . . "POINT(80.25114440918 7.1879901885986)"^^ . . . . . . "300"^^ . . .