Diu Fort
Portuguese from 1535, built on a spit where the sea comes at it from three sides and still does.
- Where
- Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, India
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 20.7130, 70.9930
Get the Diu Fort stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Diu Fort. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu volume with your photos and a note.
Near Diu Fort
St Paul's Church 0.8 km
Baroque woodwork in the middle of an island town.
Naida Caves 1.3 km
Quarry pits the Portuguese left, now a maze of light.
Gangeshwar Mahadev Temple 3.9 km
A Shiva temple down on the rocks at Fudam near Diu, with the Arabian Sea at its feet.
Nagoa Beach 7.7 km
The horseshoe bay with the hoka palms.
Sana Caves 35 km
Sixty two Buddhist caves cut into a hill in Gir Somnath, among the oldest in Gujarat.
Gir National Park 51 km
The only place outside Africa where lions live wild, down to twenty animals a century ago and now several hundred.
Bhalka Tirtha 65 km
The spot near Somnath where a hunter's arrow struck Krishna in the foot, and the last chapter of the Mahabharata began.
Somnath Temple 65 km
Destroyed and rebuilt at least six times over a thousand years, and standing now on the coast with nothing between it and Antarctica.
Questions
Where is Diu Fort?
Diu Fort is in Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are St Paul's Church (0.8 km), Naida Caves (1.3 km), Gangeshwar Mahadev Temple (3.9 km).
How do I get the Diu Fort stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Diu Fort and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Diu Fort before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.