If
you are interested in the history of Goa, visit to forts of Goa will be
really memorable for you. Forts of Goa are relatively smaller according to
Indian standards. Even then these edifices played a very important role
during the course of history. These forts were very important for the
safety, political clout and economic growth of the region. Located in a land
of rivers and canals, these forts are bordered by Arabian Sea in the west.
These traces of glorious Goan history are on the brink of extinction but
still capable of making us nostalgic. If some forts are mammoth in size (as
the Ruins of the St. Augustine's Tower), others are examples of marvelous
architecture, Gate of Adil Shah's Palace, for example. Some old Portuguese
forts are scattered around Goa, while maximum number of forts are located on
the coast. Most of the forts are being preserved well so they still deserve
your visit. Here is something interesting for you. Can you believe that very
huge laterite stones were lifted to the top of unapproachable hills to
erect the forts ? Even without the sue of cement, steel or mortar, huge
walls of these forts have successfully bore the brunt of nature's wrath for
hundreds of years. Visit these forts for your trip to bygone era.
