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La Mota Castle (Castillo de la Mota or Castillo de Santa Cruz de la Mota [2] [3]) is an old fortress in San Sebastian, Spain.The castle's primary defences were its strategic placement on the hilltop of Mount Urgull (Monte Orgullo), its thick walls and, over time, its integration with the city's overall fortifications.
The tomb of the Roman emperor Hadrian, also called Hadrian's mole, [1] was erected on the right bank (or northern edge) of the Tiber, between 134 and 139 AD. [2] Originally the mausoleum was a decorated cylinder, with a garden top and golden quadriga .
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Although the fortress of San Juan de Ulúa was the last bastion of Spanish power in Mexico until 1825, it did not serve the Spaniards to reconquer the viceroyalty. Throughout the 19th century, many of the fortifications were converted into prisons and penitentiaries, rather than serving as sentries to protect strategic ports against foreign ...
Melilla la Vieja ("Old Melilla") is the name of a large fortress which stands immediately to the north of the port in Melilla, one of Spain's Plazas de soberanía on the north African coast. Built during the 16th and 17th centuries, much of the fortress has been restored in recent years. [1] [2]
In 1800, the fortress was the scene of one of the few land battles in the Quasi War, against the United States. Specifically, the Battle of Puerto Plata Harbor in May 1800 saw American forces overwhelm both the French and Spanish forces. In 1863, the Spanish took refuge in the Fortaleza de San Felipe when the city was attacked by Dominican ...
The flags of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Spanish Empire fly over San Cristóbal. Castillo San Cristóbal was built on a hill originally known as the Cerro de la Horca ("gallows Hill") or the Cerro del Quemadero ("burner’s hill"), changed to Cerro de San Cristóbal in honor of Saint Christopher, the patron of travelers.
The New Castle of Manzanares el Real, also known as Castle of los Mendoza, is a palace-fortress erected in the 15th century in the town of Manzanares el Real (Community of Madrid, Spain), next to the Santillana reservoir at the foot of Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range. Its construction began in 1475 on a Romanesque-Mudéjar hermitage.