Fuerte de Navidad (Christmas Fort), Cartagena

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  • Photo title: Fuerte de Navidad (Christmas Fort), Cartagena
  • Author: Mark6138
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  • Christmas Fort (Fuerte de Navidad) was built in the mid-19th Century (1860) as additional defence for protection of the bay and therefore Cartagena and its naval facilities. However, it was not the first building on its site being built over the remains of the old Bateria de Navidad of the 17th Century. The new Christmas Fort, together with the Santa Ana Battery could mount a telling crossfire at the harbour mouth. Once its usefulness was past,
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