Fort of Greta (Angra do Heroísmo)

The Fort of Greta was a fortification constructed on Terceira during the context of the 1580 Succession Crisis by the Corregedor of the Azores (Ciprião de Figueiredo e Vasconcelos).

In the Relação of Field Marshall Baron of Bastons, in 1862, the site was first identified as in the parish of Porto Judeu, but was considered incapable of defending the region for several years.

The walls are toppled....[1] In the 20th century, its condition had little improved: it continued to exist in ruins, extending along the southern coast for 18 metres (59 ft), with vestiges of some cornerstones.

It is situated in a dominant position along the coast, a fortification destined to defend the anchorage from pirate or privateer attacks that played the waters of the mid-Atlantic.

[5] The bastion fortification has an organic plan, adapted to the terrain, with walls in stonework, broken by four canon emplacements oriented to the bay, while two towards the south.