Fuerte de Cabrerizas Altas | |
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Location | Melilla, Spain |
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Type | Bien de Interés Cultural, in the category of Monument Patrimonio histórico español |
History | |
Founded | 19th century |
Events | Declared as Bien de Interés Cultural on November 29, 1990. |
Site notes | |
Code: RI-51-0006991, according to the Ministry of Culture, Historical Heritage |
The Fuerte de Cabrerizas Altas is an outer fort of the Spanish city of Melilla, a Bien de Interés Cultural [1] [2] [3] that houses the Museum of La Legion.
It was built between May 1, 1890, and December 1, 1893, to protect the road to Cabrerizas. [2] [3] [4]
It is a neo-medieval style fort, with a polygonal plan with three rectilinear fronts interrupted by two pentagonal bastions, located opposite each other, one in the southwest end and the other in the northeast end. [2] [3] [5] [6] [7]
It offers a journey through the history of the corps, with special emphasis on everyday objects, photographs, flags, pennants, etc. [8]
Fuerte de Cabrerizas Altas | |
![]() | |
Location | Melilla, Spain |
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Type | Bien de Interés Cultural, in the category of Monument Patrimonio histórico español |
History | |
Founded | 19th century |
Events | Declared as Bien de Interés Cultural on November 29, 1990. |
Site notes | |
Code: RI-51-0006991, according to the Ministry of Culture, Historical Heritage |
The Fuerte de Cabrerizas Altas is an outer fort of the Spanish city of Melilla, a Bien de Interés Cultural [1] [2] [3] that houses the Museum of La Legion.
It was built between May 1, 1890, and December 1, 1893, to protect the road to Cabrerizas. [2] [3] [4]
It is a neo-medieval style fort, with a polygonal plan with three rectilinear fronts interrupted by two pentagonal bastions, located opposite each other, one in the southwest end and the other in the northeast end. [2] [3] [5] [6] [7]
It offers a journey through the history of the corps, with special emphasis on everyday objects, photographs, flags, pennants, etc. [8]