Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR
Summary
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-18
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N110
Survey number: HABS PR-48
Building/structure dates: 1539 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1591 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000930
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Tags
forts and fortifications
circular buildings
war world war ii
military organizations
building deterioration
commemoration
defense industry
islands
moats
sally ports
bastions
guardhouses
plazas
buttresses
lighthouses
batteries weaponry
cannons
sea walls
cemeteries
hispanic heritage
valle de san juan
castillo
felipe
morro
san felipe del morro
northwest
northwest end
san juan
municipio
san juan municipio
puerto rico
juan baustista antonelli
tom behrens
jack e boucher
pedro de salazar
historic american buildings survey
t klugh
virginia b price
thomas t waterman
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
united states history
lighthouse
library of congress
national register of historic places
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Antonelli, Juan Baustista
de Salazar, Pedro
Price, Virginia B, transmitter
Klugh, T, transmitter
Behrens, Tom, transmitter
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Price, Virginia B, transmitter
Location
Valle de San Juan
,
18.38630, -66.05825
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html