Reis Magos

                        REIS MAGOS Reis Magos  is a village located on the northern bank of the Mandovi    River in Bardez  , Goa , opposite to the capital city of Panjim . The village is famous for two of Goa’s famous structures; the Reis Magos Fort, and the Reis Magos Church – the first church in Bardez. Reis Magos is the Portuguese   name for the Three Wise Men   from the Bible . Predating Fort Agauda  by half a century, a second, smaller fort that crowns the headland jutting into the narrowest stretch of the Mandovi , almost facing the capital city Panjim , is the Reis Magos Fort. This Fort, surrounded by sturdy laterite walls studded with typically Portuguese turrets, was erected in 1551 to protect the narrowest point at the mouth of the Mandovi estuary. It was enlarged subsequently on different occasions and finally re-erected in 1707...