Fuerte de Cabrerizas Altas

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Fort of Cabrerizas Altas
Fuerte de Cabrerizas Altas
LocationMelilla, Spain
TypeBien de Interés Cultural, in the category of Monument Patrimonio histórico español
History
Founded19th century
EventsDeclared as Bien de Interés Cultural on November 29, 1990.
Site notes
Code: RI-51-0006991, according to the Ministry of Culture, Historical Heritage

The Fuerte de Cabrerizas Altas is an outer fort of the Spanish city of Melilla, a Bien de Interés Cultural[1][2][3] that houses the Museum of La Legion.

History

It was built between May 1, 1890, and December 1, 1893, to protect the road to Cabrerizas.[2][3][4]

Description

It is a

neo-medieval style fort, with a polygonal plan with three rectilinear fronts interrupted by two pentagonal bastions, located opposite each other, one in the southwest end and the other in the northeast end.[2][3][5][6][7]

Museum of La Legión

It offers a journey through the history of the corps, with special emphasis on everyday objects, photographs, flags, pennants, etc.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Fuerte de Cabrerizas Altas". educacion.es (in Spanish). Retrieved July 10, 2017.
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  4. . Retrieved August 21, 2017.
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  7. ^ Historia de Melilla a través de sus calles y barrios (in Spanish). Asociación de Estudios Melillenses. 1997.
  8. ^ "Un paseo por la historia de La Legión - El Faro de Melilla". El Faro de Melilla (in Spanish). August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.

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