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This 18th-century manuscript map shows the plan of Morro Castle, located at the entrance of Havana Bay, Cuba. The fortress was built by the Spaniards, starting in 1585. The Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro (English: "Castle of the Three Kings of Morro" ), also known as Castillo del Morro (Morro Castle), is a fortress guarding the entrance ...
Forms part of the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.; Morro Castle is a fortress guarding the entrance to Havana bay in Havana, Cuba. It was built in 1589 and at the time Cuba was under the control of Spain.; Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010 ...
Faro Castillo del Morro is a lighthouse located in Havana, Cuba. It was built in 1845 on the ramparts of the Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro , an old fortress guarding the harbor of Havana.
Morro Castle (Havana), a fortress guarding Havana Bay, Cuba; Castillo San Felipe del Morro, a fortress in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca, also called "Castillo del Morro" ("Morro Castle"), a fortress guarding Santiago, Cuba
A ravelin and battery were constructed at the site between 1590 and 1610, to protect the town of Santiago de Cuba.A larger fort was designed in the early 1600s by Battista Antonelli (also known as Juan Battista Antonelli), a member of a Milanese family of military engineers, on behalf of the governor of the city, Pedro de la Roca de Borja, as a defense against raiding pirates.
This date would be remembered for the worst maritime disaster to happen in the Jersey Shore’s history when the S.S. Morro Castle, an ocean liner en route from Havana, Cuba to New York, became ...
El Morro Castle: is a fortress guarding the entrance to Havana bay; Morro Castle was built because of the threat to the harbor from pirates. Fortress San Salvador de la Punta : a small fortress built in the 16th century, at the western entry point to the Havana harbor, it played a crucial role in the defense of Havana during the initial ...
Yet 1989 was the year when the storm clouds began to gather over Cuba. The fall of the Berlin Wall, 35 years ago this month, started the domino effect that ended with the collapse of the USSR in 1991.