Santa Rosa de la Eminencia castle

Local nameCastillo Santa Rosa
LocationLa Asunción, Venezuela

Santa Rosa de la Eminencia castle is a colonial castle built in the seventeenth century by the Spanish monarchy on Margarita Island, Venezuela. After a group of French pirates attacked the city of La Asunción, its construction started on 24 March 1677, by order of governor Juan Muñoz de Gadea, and it was finished c. 1683.

The structure comprises three defensive fronts, each one with two bastions, two half bastions and three curtains, and is positioned at the top of a hill that overlooks the city

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Rosa_de_la_Eminencia_castle

Address La Asunción, Venezuela

Coordinates 11°1'36.841" N -63°52'2.144" E

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