Fort Vasai, also called Bassein Fort, near Mumbai is described in the infobox as built in 1184 by the Yadavas of Devagiri, but the text describes the surviving fort as Portuguese. António Galvão laid the first cornerstone in 1536 after a treaty of December 23, 1534 ceded Bassein to Portugal. A new fortress enclosing a town was begun on February 22, 1554. The infobox lists basalt and lime mortar.
The fort has ten bastions, including São Sebastião, and two medieval gateways. Three chapels have facades typical of 17th-century churches, and the southernmost has a well-preserved barrel-vaulted ceiling.
The Marathas took the fort after the Battle of Vasai in 1739. It is a Monument of National Importance protected by the Archaeological Survey of India, and the infobox rates its condition dilapidated. Restoration has started, but conservation activists severely criticized its quality. The article gives no hours.
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