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Fort Coligny

1555–1560 · 16th century

Fort Coligny was the stronghold of France Antarctique, built in 1555 by Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon on Serigipe island in Guanabara Bay, Brazil, and named after Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, the colony's patron. It sheltered French Catholics and Protestants allied with the Tupinambá. The Portuguese governor-general Mem de Sá took and destroyed it in 1560.

Fort Coligny
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France Antarctique

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Fort Coligny. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/fort-coligny
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