Castillo San Felipe del Morro (English: Promontory Castle of Saint Philip), most commonly known as El Morro (The Promontory), is a large fortress and...
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del Castillo San Felipe del Morro (English: Lighthouse of Promontory Castle of Saint Phillip), also known as Puerto San Juan Light (Light of Port San...
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1521 – San Juan founded by Spanish settlers from Caparra. 1539 – Construction of the first fortified defenses at Castillo San Felipe del Morro and La...
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foreign powers during the colonial period. San Felipe del Morro Castle (Castillo San Felipe del Morro, or just El Morro), a 16th century citadel in the northwestern...
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Castillo de San Felipe may refer to: Castillo San Felipe de Barajas in Colombia Castillo de San Felipe de Lara in Guatemala Castillo San Felipe del Morro...
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San Juan, and ends at the Castillo San Felipe del Morro in Ballajá, the northwestern sub-barrio in Old San Juan on the San Juan Islet, at Punta del Morro...
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Cannon fire from the fort and from Castillo San Felipe del Morro created a crossfire to protect the entrance to San Juan bay. The fort also guarded the...
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Cumberland, overwhelmed and took the Spanish fortress Castillo San Felipe del Morro and thus took the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. They were able to hold the...
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Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery (category Geography of San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Ignacio Mascaro. The cemetery is located outside the walls of Castillo San Felipe del Morro fortress, one of the island's most famous landmarks. The average...
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17, 2011, on the grounds of the Castillo San Felipe del Morro ("El Morro"), a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Old San Juan. Yanni had reportedly planned...
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colonial-era fortification system of the city of San Juan, and features structures such as the San Felipe del Morro and San Cristóbal fortresses. This fortification...
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Morro Castle may refer to: Morro Castle (Havana), a fortress guarding Havana Bay, Cuba Castillo San Felipe del Morro, a fortress in San Juan, Puerto Rico...
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fortress shares its name with Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca in Santiago de Cuba and the Castillo de San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In this...
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fortress in Havana, Cuba Castillo San Felipe del Morro, a large fortress and citadel in San Juan, Puerto Rico Fortaleza San Felipe, small fort in Puerto...
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Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro. From there he returned to Spain. On his second voyage in 1558, he landed in Puerto Rico, designing Castillo San...
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Wisloujscie Fortress Fort San Cristóbal, San Juan Castillo San Felipe del Morro, San Juan Fort Conde de Mirasol, Vieques Fortín San Juan de la Cruz, Toa Baja...
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Old San Juan and other, already ancient, Spanish settlements began to gain popularity. The military forts, especially Castillo San Felipe del Morro and...
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Paseo de la Princesa (category Old San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Morro (Morro Point) at the bottom of Castillo San Felipe del Morro at the westernmost position on San Juan Islet overlooking the entrance to San Juan Bay...
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(Rose Hall) Montego Bay → San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan (Castillo San Felipe del Morro) Aguadilla (El Muelle de Azucar) San Juan → Miami, Florida Miami...
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fortifications such as Fort San Cristóbal and Fort San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as well as the Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Matanzas...
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smaller pieces. Fort San Cristobal had two 150mm (5.9") Ordóñez guns and two 240mm (9.45") Ordóñez howitzers, Castillo San Felipe del Morro, which apparently...
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(1.0 ha) exceedingly manicured property. Castillo San Felipe del Morro, in San Juan, also known as El Morro, is a citadel built between 16th and 18th...
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Puerto Rico (redirect from Isla del encanto)
Lisbon by order of Phillip II, composed the first garrison of the San Felipe del Morro fortress in Puerto Rico. Some brought their wives, while others married...
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film's third act took place at the Castillo San Felipe del Morro, a 500-year-old Spanish fortress located in the Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Filming also...
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China Daily. Retrieved 12 May 2019. "In crescita il turismo religioso. San Pietro a Roma accoglie ogni anno 11 milioni di visitatori". italoamericano...
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the bastions of San Sebastián, Santo Tomás, Las Ánimas and San Antonio, and the eastward walls of El Morro. Fort San Felipe del Morro represents the main...
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Miguel Enríquez (privateer) (category People from San Juan, Puerto Rico)
exchange. The governor sentenced him to a year of forced labor in Castillo San Felipe del Morro and added a fine of 100 pieces of eight. He did not deny the...
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Teófilo Marxuach (category Military personnel from San Juan, Puerto Rico)
San Juan Bay without permission. Marxuach ordered shots from a machine gun, and from a gun in the Santa Rosa battery of the Castillo San Felipe del Morro...
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a historical shanty town astride the northern historic city wall of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, stretching about 650 yards (600 m) along the rocky Atlantic...
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Spanish-built fortifications in Puerto Rico, most notably on Castillo San Felipe del Morro and Castillo San Cristóbal. In 1868, Puerto Rican pro-independence leader...
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