Boma, DR Congo
Fort de Shinkakasa
The Fort de Shinkakasa, also called Fort Boma, was a fortification built in the Congo Free State to defend access to the Congo river in 1891. It is located about 1.5 kilometres west of Boma which was the capital of the Free State and later the Belgian Congo from 1886 to 1926. The fort was designed in a two-sided arrow shape by the Belgian engineer Émile Wangermée who had studied fortress design under the noted Belgian military architect Henri Alexis Brialmont.
- City
- Boma
- Country
- DR Congo
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
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