This battery, projected by the governor Ignacio de Sala and named in honor of Barbara de Braganza, queen and consort of Ferdinand VI, was created to cross fire with San José and complete the defense of the Bocachica passage. Initiated […]
This battery, projected by the governor Ignacio de Sala and named in honor of Barbara de Braganza, queen and consort of Ferdinand VI, was created to cross fire with San José and complete the defense of the Bocachica passage.
Initiated in 1752 in the place called “Gateway of Remedia Pobres”, today part of the town of Bocachica, the Battery of Santa Barbara was a fort of twelve cannons, with a rectangular base having a trench and low-lying stonework.
It also had rooms for the commander and the troops, a guard corps and a warehouse for explosives. Several tunnels connected Santa Barbara to the Angel San Rafael so that in case of attack, the troops would have a safe passage from one fort to the other. Currently only a part of the battery structure remains, in the area next to the Bocachica pier.
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