Qala'at al-Jalali Qala'at al-Jalali / / gallery 
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To the east and behind the Sultan's palace is the Al-Jalali Fort, the other of two built by the Portuguese in the 1580s to guard the entrance of Muscat's harbour. It served as a prison for many years, before becoming a museum visited only by foreign dignitaries.
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LOCATION: Muscat
DATE: Tue, 04/04/2006
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