Wednesday, September 16, 2026

History Highlights

Castillo San Felipe del Morro: The Fortress That Guarded Spain’s Caribbean

Stand at the tip of the old city of San Juan, where the land runs out into the Atlantic, and you find yourself dwarfed by one of the mightiest fortresses

Suakin: The Ruined Coral City of Sudan’s Red Sea Coast

On a small coral island in the Red Sea, linked to the Sudanese mainland by a single causeway, stands one of the most hauntingly beautiful ruined cities in Africa. This

Kunta Kinteh Island: The Gambian Fort at the Heart of the Slave Trade

In the wide brown waters of the Gambia River, some thirty kilometres upstream from the Atlantic, lies a tiny island so small you could walk around its ruins in a

Kasbah of the Udayas: Rabat’s Fortress of Sultans and Corsairs

Stand on the edge of the old city of Rabat, where the Bou Regreg river slides out to meet the Atlantic, and look up. Crowning the bluff above the water

Fort São Sebastião: The Oldest Complete Fort in Sub-Saharan Africa

Imagine a long, narrow sliver of coral and stone, barely three kilometres from end to end, lying in the warm blue water off the coast of northern Mozambique. It is