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The fort faced the Caribbean Sea, contained seven cannons mounted on a battery, [11] and was staffed by artillery and infantry personnel. [12] By 1775, but possibly for many years earlier as well, the Spanish had a cannon de a seis (a 6-caliber cannon) in Ponce, in the city proper, for the defense of the city. [ 13 ]
The Fuerte de la Concepción y del Triunfo (lit. ' Fort of the Conception and of the Triumph '), also known as Fuerte de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción del Triunfo (Fort of Our Lady of the Conception of the Triumph), Fort of Misamis, and Triunfo Fort, [2] is a fortress first built by Spanish Jesuit priest and commander José Ducos as a Spanish fortress in the old town of Misamis (now known ...
The first small fort here was erected by the French in 1701, before the founding of the city of New Orleans, to protect the important trade route along Bayou St. John. After Louisiana passed to Spanish control, a larger brick fort was constructed at the site of the neglected old French fortification; this was known as San Juan del Bayou ...
Spanish Colonial fortifications — located in former Spanish colonies. Subcategories. ... Fort of Santa Catalina, Lima; Spanish fortifications in America
The Fort Alfonso XII or San Cristóbal is a fort located on the top of the mount San Cristóbal or Ezcaba (892,8 m above sea level), 4 km from Pamplona, Spain. It was erected following the 1872-1876 Carlist War to control a strategic point towering over Pamplona.
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It has been historically influenced by the groups that inhabited it during the Pre-Columbian era, the demographic and religious impact of the Spanish colonization of the Americas, the introduction of African slaves for the plantation economy, the daily life in a trade route including piracy or smugglers and, ultimately, the American influence ...
Cher isn’t as successful at turning back time as she would’ve hoped in a new ad.. The Believe singer, 78, shows just how wrong things can get when she tries to take a step back in time ...