Observation tower at Fort San Juan de Ulua, Veracruz, Mexico
Posted by razzbuffnik on 10th February 2008
San Juan de Ulua is an old Spanish fortress that was built in 1565 over Cortez’s 1519 landing spot. The fort has had a very interesting history as the protector of probably one of the richest ports in the world in the 16th and 17th centuries when the Spanish were plundering Mexico and the English plundered the Spanish in turn.
In later years the fort was used as a prison and now it’s an almost hidden tourist attraction in the middle of container cranes and port facilities.
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