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Built to guard the gap between two separate islands, Mahim and Bandra. Only fragments of its walls remain among the crowded city.
A coastal fort ruin near Mahim that guarded the creek separating Mahim from Bandra. Accounts differ on who built it, the Portuguese in the 16th century by some sources and the British in the 17th by others, and it was later held by the British. Little of the original structure survives today, with only fragments of its walls remaining amid dense urban development. It once played a strategic role in controlling access between the seven islands that formed early Bombay. The site is now a modest, largely informal heritage spot rather than a maintained monument.
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The Portuguese built it in 1640 to watch for approaching ships. Now people come to watch the sun go down.
Portuguese fishing villages, old Catholic churches and the bungalows of the East Indian Catholic community, all within a single walk.
Mumbai's double-decker buses have been a fixture since 1937. Here they are kept, with old tram memorabilia, as part of the story of how the city moved.