Videos tagged with "el morro"

Old San Juan and El Morro [03:56]
A trip through Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the old fort of El Morro
Tags: El Morro, Puerto Rico, San Juan

Carnival Ship coming into Puerto Rico [00:27]
Carnival ship coming into narrow channel in puerto rico as viewed from castillo del morro

Desert Heat Avila - Puerto Rico 2011 - On Site Fort Del Morro [01:21]
Here is my outside tour of Forte del Morro. Powerful history landmark! I love to be in places where people fought for their freedom!
Tags: desert heat avila, desert heat, forte del morro, fort morro, primerica trip, primerica incentive trip, puerto rico primerica trip, team, war sites, war stories

360 view of El Morro, Puerto Rico [00:22]

El Morro, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico [03:28]
The construction of the Fort San Felipe del Morro began in 1539 when King Charles V of Spain authorized its construction, including the surrounding walls. The purpose was to defend the port of San Juan.It was also constructed to control the entry to the harbor. Construction started the same year with a tiny proto-fortress that was "completed" in 1589. This small section comprises perhaps 10% of the structure people see today. In 1587, engineers Juan de Tejada and Juan Bautista Antonelli designed the actual appearance of the castle following well established Spanish military fortification design principles. Similar Spanish fortifications of the 17th-18th centuries can be seen in Cuba, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Veracruz and Acapulco, Mexico, Portobello and Panama City, Panamá,and many other Latin American locations which were governed as part of the Spanish Empire during the Age of Exploration. The first fort of the Americas, Fort San Felipe, was built in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic in 1540. Many complex additional new structures were added to El Morro over the next 400 years. The outer walls are six meters thick. In 1680, Governor Enrique Enríquez de Sotomayor begun the construction of the walls surrounding the city of San Juan, which took 48 years. By the late 18th century, El Morro's walls had grown to be 18 feet (5.5 m) thick. Today El Morro has six levels that rise from sea level to 145 feet (44 m) high. All along the walls are seen the dome-covered ...
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