| A visit to El Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas, Cartagena June 16th. 2016 | ||||||
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| The castle seen from the fortifications along the river | Skyscrapers in the back and the old fort in the front | Construction began in 1536 and expandsion in 1657. | Built by the Spanish it was first sacked by the French | |||
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| privateer (pirate) Baron de Pointis. | In 1741 an attack by English admiral Edward Vernon | failed. Many tunnels under the fortifications with | small cells that housed the soldiers. | |||