• 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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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    there and bombarded the fortress daily with heavy shelling. The fortress eventually fell after the officer in charge of Morro Castle, Luis Vicente de Velasco...
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    Maine entering Havana Harbor on 25 January 1898, three weeks before her destruction. On the right is the Morro Castle fortress....
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  • up morro in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Morro (Spanish and Portuguese for "hill") may refer to: Castillo de los Tres Reyes Del Morro, fortress in...
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    Castillo del Morro, a picturesque fortress guarding the entrance to Havana bay. The construction of the castle Los Tres Reyes del Morro owed to the step...
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    known by the less formal title of Castillo del Morro or as San Pedro de la Roca Castle) is a fortress on the coast of the Cuban city of Santiago de Cuba...
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    earlier and less extensive fortifications next to the 16th-century El Morro fortress, La Cabaña was the second-largest colonial military installation in...
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    Fort] Čakovec [Star Fort / Zrinski Castle] Karlovac [Star Fort] Osijek [Tvrđa] Osijek [Tvrđavica Fortress] Pula [Fortress Kastel] Pula [Fort Casoni Vecchi]...
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  • 2009. Filmed ca. March 17 to April 1, 1898 Morro Castle (fortress) downloadable videos. (1898 Morro Castle, Havana Harbor, YouTube stream. Thomas Edison...
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  • lands at Cape San Antonio but does not attack. 1597 Construction of the Morro Castle fortress is completed above the eastern entrance to Havana harbor....
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    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...
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    Castillo San Cristóbal is a fortress in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was built by the Spanish to protect against land-based attacks on the historic city of...
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    SS Morro Castle was a passenger ship build in 1899 for the Ward Line Company. She was launched in April 14, 1900 and was named after the fortress of the...
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    Fortification (redirect from Fortress)
    semi-permanent fortification. Castles are fortifications which are regarded as being distinct from the generic fort or fortress in that they are a residence...
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    Castillo San Salvador de la Punta is a fortress at the entrance to the bay in Havana, Cuba. La Punta, like El Morro, was designed to protect access to Havana...
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  • Atarés Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca Castillo San Salvador de la Punta Morro Castle Beekenburg Fort Amsterdam Fort Nassau Piscadera Bay Rif Fort Waterfort...
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    Juan, and features structures such as the San Felipe del Morro and San Cristóbal fortresses. This fortification system is the oldest European construction...
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    designed the fortifications which culminate at the fortress of Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro. From there he returned to Spain. On his second voyage...
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    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 castle for 65 days but...
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    Murud-Janjira, which is so extensive that one might truly call it a sea fortress.[according to whom?] The most recent sea forts were the Maunsell Forts...
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    structures, particularly La Fortaleza, the city walls, and El Morro and San Cristóbal castles, have been inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list...
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    of 13. He distinguished himself in the defence of Morro Castle and San Salvador de la Punta Fortress during the Battle of Havana (1762). He also fought...
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    the vital Morro Castle with 64 cannons and a garrison of 700 men. On 1 July the British launched a combined land and naval attack on the Morro. The fleet...
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    projects during the Enlightenment. In 1755 he designed the Castle of San Pedro de la Roca del Morro, at the entrance to the bay of Santiago de Cuba. In 1758...
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    Caribbean. These walls, along with the defensive fortresses in Old San Juan (La Fortaleza, El Morro and San Cristóbal), form part of the UNESCO World...
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    set apart and protected by a castle or fortress. Therefore, the inhabitants of the region were dependent upon the Castle of Calpe. In 1290, Calpe came...
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  • district includes Castillo San Felipe del Morro, Castillo San Cristóbal, La Fortaleza, El Cañuelo and other fortresses part of the Walls of Old San Juan, which...
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