Post by account_disabled on Feb 17, 2024 22:46:23 GMT -6
KarSol There is a place in Girona that is as impressive as it is steeped in history. Impressive because it is one of the largest fortresses of its type in all of Europe, capable of housing around 6,000 men within its walls. Full of history because, without going any further, works from the Prado Museum were stored there to keep them safe and the last session of the Republican Cortes in the Civil War was held there. That place is known as San Fernando Castle (Sant Ferran in Catalan), and it is in Figueras. The castle of San Fernando is a castle from the modern era, therefore, it is a bit far from the popular idea that we have donkeyociated with buildings from the Middle Ages. It is much broader and designed to combat the weapons and military techniques of its time. It has a multitude of bastions and ravelins.
The latter are triangular constructions that, located on the outside, would divide an attacking force, making defense easier. All these elements make up a star-shaped construction on a huge area of land. The last fortress to be taken by the French in the War of Independence Sant Ferran Sant Ferran. By Adolf It was a symbol of the capacity of Hispanic Cell Phone Number List military engineering, after the Treaty of the Pyrenees, in 1659, caused some territories in northern Catalonia to pdonkey to the King of France, leaving the main fortresses on the French side. This led to the need to cover that space and this fortress was projected. The first stone was laid in December 1753 and the name of the castle, San Fernando, is a tribute to the king of Spain at that time, Ferdinand VI. When the works were completed, in 1766, King Ferdinand VI had already died and his half-brother Charles III reigned.
Logically due to its position, when the French invaded Spain in the War of Independence, they ended up taking the fortress. Curiously, although it is very close to the French border, it was the last Spanish military fortress to be conquered, since until mid-1814 it resisted on the Spanish side. Sant Ferran Castle Sant Ferran Castle. By Adolf In the Spanish Civil War, the castle served as a logistics center and concentration point for the International Brigades, but it is not so much the fully warlike aspect that interests us, because that aspect is taken for granted in a fortress. Other milestones in the history of Spain that have had this place as a key point are not so common. As you know, the bombings of Madrid during the Civil War caused those responsible for the Prado Museum to remove many of the works from there to prevent them from being destroyed. Part of the works of art that were removed from the museum went to the San Fernando castle in Figueras.
The latter are triangular constructions that, located on the outside, would divide an attacking force, making defense easier. All these elements make up a star-shaped construction on a huge area of land. The last fortress to be taken by the French in the War of Independence Sant Ferran Sant Ferran. By Adolf It was a symbol of the capacity of Hispanic Cell Phone Number List military engineering, after the Treaty of the Pyrenees, in 1659, caused some territories in northern Catalonia to pdonkey to the King of France, leaving the main fortresses on the French side. This led to the need to cover that space and this fortress was projected. The first stone was laid in December 1753 and the name of the castle, San Fernando, is a tribute to the king of Spain at that time, Ferdinand VI. When the works were completed, in 1766, King Ferdinand VI had already died and his half-brother Charles III reigned.
Logically due to its position, when the French invaded Spain in the War of Independence, they ended up taking the fortress. Curiously, although it is very close to the French border, it was the last Spanish military fortress to be conquered, since until mid-1814 it resisted on the Spanish side. Sant Ferran Castle Sant Ferran Castle. By Adolf In the Spanish Civil War, the castle served as a logistics center and concentration point for the International Brigades, but it is not so much the fully warlike aspect that interests us, because that aspect is taken for granted in a fortress. Other milestones in the history of Spain that have had this place as a key point are not so common. As you know, the bombings of Madrid during the Civil War caused those responsible for the Prado Museum to remove many of the works from there to prevent them from being destroyed. Part of the works of art that were removed from the museum went to the San Fernando castle in Figueras.