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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aragon" data-source="post: 5679471" data-attributes="member: 134516">Fort Fredrick The Portuguese built a fort at Trincomalee in 1624, at the base of a high rock, which is called Swami Rock today. The stones from the "Temple of a thousand pillars" were used to build the fort. In 1639 the Dutch attacked it with a fleet of 12 ships under Admiral Westerwold, and captured it. The Portuguese fort was rebuilt but later abandoned. Only in 1665 a new fort was built in its place, when it became clear the British and the French were interested in this east coast harbour. In 1672, the year when the Dutch Republic was attacked by France, Britain, and two German states, the French captured Trincomalee. <img src="http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/premchand/z_p93-heritage6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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