Description
Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau: cannon bearing the coast of arms of Portugal on the ramparts Cacheu fort, , fortress located next to the mouth of the Cacheu river, first established in 1588 by Manuel Lopes Cardoso to protect the first Portuguese Factory (trading post) in the area, the current building dates from 1641‐1647, built by captain-major Gonçalo Gambôa de Ayalla.