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    Fort São João Baptista

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    Fort São João Baptista is a star-shaped coral-stone fortress built in 1791 on remote Ibo Island in the Quirimbas Archipelago. Functioning historically as a military defense post, major slave trade holding facility, and brutal political prison during Portuguese colonial rule, the fort carries a heavy legacy of human suffering. Today, visitors and island residents recount eerie encounters with phantom prisoners, strange lights along the battlements, and disembodied whispers in the subterranean dungeons.

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