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El Castillo de Monterey (Spanish for "The Castle of Monterey") was a fortification in Monterey, California, founded in 1792 by the Spanish Empire. The fort was constructed to protect the Monterey port and the Presidio of Monterey from invaders. [2] The site was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 23, 1971.
Location of Monterey County in California. ... El Castillo: El Castillo. November 23, 1971 ... Mission Nuestra Senora de la Soledad Historic District: June 27, 2014 ...
In 1792, the El Castillo de Monterey was established to protect the port and persido of Monterey. [6] Other California-based installations were founded in San Diego (El Presidio Real de San Diego) in 1769, in San Francisco (El Presidio Real de San Francisco) in 1776, and in Santa Barbara (El Presidio Real de Santa Bárbara) in 1782. [7]
The buildings of the current castle date back to Sancho Sánchez de Ulloa (1442–1505), 1st Count of Monterrey, who built the 22-metre high keep, the "Torre de Don Sancho", in 1482, [3] although the castle's other keep, the "Torre das Damas" (19 metres), was possibly built earlier. [4]
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El Castillo de Monterey; Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo (Monterey, California) Colton Hall; Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula; D. Del Monte Center;
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Palacio del Obispado on Cerro del Obispado in Monterrey. The Palacio del Obispado, Spanish for Bishop's Palace, also known as El Obispado or the Bishop's Museum, originally called Palacio de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, is an 18th-century colonial building, located in Monterrey, Nuevo León state, Northeastern Mexico.