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Fortaleza San Felipe (San Felipe de Puerto Plata) | museum, place with historical importance, interesting place, historical building

Dominican Republic / Puerto Plata / San Felipe de Puerto Plata / Puntilla del Malecón
 museum, place with historical importance, fort, interesting place, historical building

Oldest fortress in the New World
The fort is the main colonial monument of the city of Puerto Plata, since, around it the city developed most of its history. In the year 1540, Álvaro Caballero went to the Court to request that a fortress be constructed in Puerto Plata. In 1549 the Archbishop and governing Fuenmayor, he was entrusted with its construction, but it was still not done even in the 1560, when the Audiencia Real ordered it commence under the charge of the French born judge Juan Echagoín to initiate its work. This work was finished in the year 1577. The purpose was to protect the city against the incursions of bandits, of the corsairs and French and English pirates that continuously terrified inhabitants of Puerto Plata. Its name is in honor of Felipe II, in whose reign its construction was finished. In 1980 it was declared a National Monument.
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Coordinates:   19°48'14"N   70°41'45"W
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