Fort of São Sebastião do Egypt

Also referred to as “Fort Egypt”, the monument is located on top of a hill in (agra municipality) Egypt Beach, Benguela province, in Angola.
The toponymy "Egypt" given to this beach on the left (southern) bank of the mouth of the Balombo River is linked to the resemblance of the palm groves — “sliding towards the sea” — which its Portuguese settlers associated with that country.

History:
It was built in the mid-19th century during one of the five administrations of Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, Viscount and later Marquis of Sá da Bandeira, as President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal.
At the time, in the context of the repression of the slave trade in the Atlantic Ocean, slave ships sought to evade patrols by Royal Navy vessels with the help of the inlets and irregularities of this coastline.

The fort’s function was to support British ships in that fight.
In 2012, the Angolan authorities requested its recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its connection with the history of the slave trade, which depopulated vast areas of the African continent.
In 2014, the area was listed among the Seven Natural Wonders of Angola.