{"id":4,"date":"2026-08-09T15:48:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T15:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clubhouses.buildprosites.com\/reis-magos-fort-history\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T18:47:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:47:57","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clubhouses.buildprosites.com\/reis-magos-fort-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Verem · across the water from Panaji<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The fort that was a prison longer than it was a fort.<\/em><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Reis Magos held the Mandovi from 1551, became a jail in 1900, and sat derelict for thirty years after that. It reopened in 2012 — the only fort in Goa you can walk through intact, and the only one where you can see exactly what was rebuilt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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On three levels, steepest section first<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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People at most per guided slot<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Tue–Sun<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Three slots a day, closed Mondays<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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How the hour is spent.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Part 1<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The gate and lower battery<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Where the original fabric is clearest, and where we point out the first restoration join.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Part 2<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The cells are intact. Fifty years of use as a jail left more marks than three centuries as a garrison.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Part 3<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The upper ramparts<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The full sweep of the river mouth, and the line of sight to Aguada that explains the whole design.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Restored, or rebuilt?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The 2012 restoration is the most complete heritage project in the state, and it divides people who care about these things. Roughly a third of what you walk on is new laterite cut to match the old.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Without the work there would be no fort, only a slope with stones on it. The case against is that a visitor can no longer tell 1551 from 2011 without being told. We tell you — on the walk we point out the joins.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Guided slots<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Three a day, on the hour.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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10am<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Morning, 10:00<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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₹100 entry at the gate<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Coolest, and the light is on the Panaji side of the walls.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Early afternoon, 14:00<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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₹100 entry at the gate<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Quietest slot by a wide margin, and the best for photographs of the interior.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Late, 16:00<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Warm light on the river front, but you will be moved on at closing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What the position was for.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Steep ramps, no lift<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The Panaji front<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Once you have seen three of the joins, you will spot the rest yourself, which is the more interesting way to look at any restored building.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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From the walk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Reis Magos Fort<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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A genuinely short list.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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It is a short visit on made ground, so there is little to prepare — mostly timing and the gate.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Steep ramps, no lift<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The hour covers three levels, and the steepest section comes first while you are fresh.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Closed Mondays<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The fort is open Tuesday to Sunday.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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₹100 entry, paid at the gate<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Tickets are bought at the gate; our guiding is booked separately.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Last entry 17:00<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The gates close at 17:30, so the 16:00 slot is moved on at closing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Meet inside the first courtyard<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Buy your ticket first, then find us just inside.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Book ahead in December and January<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Slots are capped at ten and book out first in those two months.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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See exactly what was rebuilt.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Guiding is capped at ten people per slot and books out first in December and January.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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