Fortress architectural and cultural headquarters of Cuba: a Historic Military Park Morro-Cabaña

it Is appealing to explore the places that have made history in the City of Havana. One of them is the Historic Military Park Morro-Cabaña, on the east coast, at the entrance of the bay, a building is considered among the most spectacular in the Caribbean…

This set joins the castle-fortress of the Tres Reyes del Morro and la Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña fortress. In the SIXTEENTH century it was planned on the Island for the protection of the city by what is already in 1538 it was built the second fortress America, named Castillo de la Real Fuerza. Years later it would be that edificarían el Morro and la Punta.

Its purpose at that stage it was absolutely defensive, against pirates, privateers, and powers declared enemy, but today is a unique museum where it collects a wide and rich collection of ancient weapons; also, the venue of important cultural events.

In 1763 the british managed to take the almost impregnable fortress of el Morro, as settled without difficulty in the hill where he subsequently built The Cabin. This served him as a privileged position for its artillery in the invasion. After this experience, under the guidance of brigadier Don Silvestre Covers, would begin the building of The Fortress of The Cabin in the high coast. The work was completed in 1774.

From this site, on a daily basis, we hear the famous Cannonball 9 in Havana. Thus marked the closing of the gates of the city. Museum hours is between 9 to.m. and 9 p. m., so if you’re close, you should not miss the opportunity to listen closely to the sound of the shot. Year after year, this resort opens its doors, to the most important cultural events in the country, among which is the International Book Fair. Why thousands of visitors come to the Island.

For its part, The Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro, one of the most important buildings of the Military Park has become the symbol of the city, along with the Capitol and the Giraldilla. It was designed by the engineer Juan Bautista Antonelli in 1585. It had a strategic position, which would become a much more relevant when the port of Havana began to acquire the importance it had in the colony. During the occupation of Havana by the british was damaged considerably, but a year later it was rebuilt under the direction of engineers Wildlife Covers and Agustín Crame.

The Morro Castle, from the decade of the 90 maintains their classrooms functioning as a gallery and in their spaces does not stop a lively cultural life. This can also be a good excuse to enjoy two of the best restaurants in Havana: The Twelve Apostles and The Divine Shepherdess, plus a bar with breathtaking panoramas of the coast of havana.

From The Cottage you can see the Morro fortress… as an irregular polygon… as cliff that lifts up.

The height is more than 60 feet through many parts, and all is rock rough. Is projected into the sea, and exhibits a half bastion, on which rises a tower with a beacon. This is the image that would keep them in my memory.