Castillo San Felipe del Morro (English: Promontory Castle of Saint Philip), most commonly known as El Morro (The Promontory), is a large fortress and citadel in the historic district of Old San Juan in Puerto Rico.

Dec 26, 2019 · Castillo San Felipe del Morro (also known as “El Morro”), perhaps the most iconic fortification built by the Spanish in the Americas, covers a 140 foot-high promontory at the entrance to the Bay of San Juan.

The Castillo San Felipe del Morro, or El Morro, was the second fort built on the islet of what is now Old San Juan and Puerta de Tierra. El Morro's construction commenced in 1539 and finished in 1790; during those 250 years, El Morro went from a promontory mounted with a cannon to a six-level fortress designed to unnerve attackers approaching ...

In 1508 Juan Ponce de Leon (Christopher Columbus’s lieutenant) founded the city of Caparra to serve as San Juan’s Island center of government. The Spanish started construction of El Morro in 1539 and finished it in 1790.

Feb 17, 2017 · Castillo San Felipe del Morro, commonly known as El Morro, is a fortification built in San Juan, dating back to the 16th century, when Puerto Rico was under Spanish rule. Now a Word Heritage site it is one of Puerto Rico’s most iconic structures.

Jun 27, 2023 · El Morro, officially known as Castillo San Felipe del Morro, is the fortress that has guarded the entrance to San Juan Bay for centuries. Its strategic location, jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean, made it an essential line of defense for the Spanish colonial empire.

When it was first constructed back in 1539 El Morro was just a simple tower, the layout that you see today was designed several years later in 1587 by engineers Juan de Tejada and Juan Bautista Antonelli based on the established Spanish military fortification design principles of …

May 10, 2022 · El Morro, part of the San Juan National Historic Site, is Puerto Rico's most picturesque military structure. The Spanish began construction in 1539, and it took more than 200 years to complete.

El Morrow was designed to protect the harbor from attacks by sea, and it withstood four major attacks—three by the British (1595, 1598, and 1797) and one by the Dutch (1625)—and saw action for the last time during the Spanish-Cuban-American War of 1898.

Mar 5, 2024 · El Morro became the most successful defensive position in the New World. It was never defeated by the sea, and it only fell once when taken by land in 1598. History buffs from all over the globe travel to experience this world-class attraction declared a UNESCO site .