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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 ...
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.
Bombardment of the Morro Castle, Havana, 1 July 1762 by Richard Paton. On 11 June a British party stormed a detached redoubt on the La Cabaña heights. [56] Only then did the British command realise how strong the Morro was, surrounded by brushwood and protected by a large ditch. [57]
SS Morro Castle was an American ocean liner that caught fire and ran aground on the morning of September 8, 1934, en route from Havana, Cuba, to New York, New York, United States, with the loss of 137 passengers and crew.
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 ...
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
Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña (Fort of Saint Charles), colloquially known as La Cabaña, is an 18th-century fortress complex, the third-largest in the Americas, located on the elevated eastern side of the harbor entrance in Havana, Cuba. The fort rises above the 60-meter (200 ft) hilltop, along with Morro Castle.
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-2010:089).