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Early colonial defense works constructed before the 19th century were primarily small coastal batteries built of stone having anywhere from two to ten guns. Some of these early forts and batteries are the oldest standing masonry forts in the new world. Later forts constructed by the royal engineers were much larger and more complex. Fort St ...
Following the merger of Panama with Columbia, the fort was used as a prison. Then it was the Post Office for delivery of mail from Britain to Latin America. At Chagres town and below the fort and on the west bank of the Chagres River it was a haven for the adventurers of the 1849 California Gold Rush. With the advent of the railroad in 1850 ...
This category includes articles on forts located in the current area of the United States that were constructed during colonial times by various empires. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
The Forts of the colonial Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain in North America, that were in the present day United States. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Chagres (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtʃaɣɾes]), once the chief Atlantic port on the isthmus of Panama, is now an abandoned village at the historical site of Fort San Lorenzo (Spanish: Fuerte de San Lorenzo). The fort's ruins and the village site are located about 8 miles (13 km) west of Colón, on a promontory overlooking the mouth of the ...
The capture of the fortress of San Juan de Ulúa and the city of Veracruz (1568) by John Hawkins, and Drake's series of attacks through the Caribbean between 1585 and 1586, during which he captured Santo Domingo and Cartagena, prompted Philip II to send the renowned Italian engineer Juan Bautista Antonelli to design modern fortifications at San ...
This article lists Forts and Gates that were constructed during Santo Domingo's colonial rule. Many of these forts were incorporated into a defensive wall that surrounded the Ciudad Colonial, effectively creating bastions along the wall. [1] There are also several gates which allowed access to the city, these gates were also protected by forts.
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