Las Bóvedas was the last construction in the walled city. The incessant north wind had opened a space between the Bulwarks of Santa Clara and Santa Catalina that Juan de Herrera y Sotomayor did not succeed in closing. The engineer […]
Las Bóvedas was the last construction in the walled city. The incessant north wind had opened a space between the Bulwarks of Santa Clara and Santa Catalina that Juan de Herrera y Sotomayor did not succeed in closing.
The engineer Lorenzo de Solís projected, in 1755, the construction of barracks and warehouses that were not actually built, but the idea was pursued by Antonio de Arévalo.
The brigadier engineer, aware of the need for a space to house the troops, presented his proposal in 1773, but this would not begin until 1792. Twenty-three bomb-proof vaults were constructed which, aside from housing the guard and serving as a warehouse for food and munitions, also had a defensive function thanks to the embrasures in its maritime façade and upper platform, invented to house the artillery.
A porch-like gallery of arches in brick closes the construction facing the city and allows for communication between the vaults. The Shield of Arms of the Crown situated in the central arch with the date 1798 indicates the year the structures were completed.
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