Fort San Jerónimo

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Fort San Jerónimo is a historic Spanish colonial coastal fortress in Portobelo, Panama, built to defend the harbor and its vital trade routes in the Caribbean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial fortification ⓘ
coastal fortress ⓘ
historical site ⓘ
architecturalStyle Spanish colonial military architecture ⓘ
builder Spanish colonial authorities ⓘ
builtBy Spanish Empire ⓘ
category Coastal fortifications ⓘ
Forts in Panama ⓘ
Spanish colonial fortifications in the Americas ⓘ
condition ruin ⓘ
constructionEnd 18th century ⓘ
constructionStart 17th century ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Panama ⓘ
hasFunction harbor defense ⓘ
protection of Spanish Caribbean trade routes ⓘ
hasPart bastions ⓘ
cannon emplacements ⓘ
curtain walls ⓘ
guardrooms ⓘ
moat (partly filled) ⓘ
parade ground ⓘ
heritageCriteria UNESCO cultural criterion (iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Colón Province ⓘ
Panama ⓘ
Portobelo ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Portobelo National Park ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater Caribbean Sea ⓘ
maintainedBy Instituto Nacional de Cultura de Panamá ⓘ
materialUsed masonry ⓘ
stone ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Jerome ⓘ
nativeName Fuerte de San Jerónimo ⓘ
nearby Fort San Felipe de Portobelo ⓘ
Portobelo town center ⓘ
linked to: Portobelo
openToPublic true ⓘ
operator Government of Panama ⓘ
partOf Fortifications of Portobelo and San Lorenzo ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
significantEvent attacks by privateers in the colonial era ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1980 ⓘ
usedAs historical monument ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
usedFor defense of Portobelo harbor ⓘ
protection of Spanish treasure fleets ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Portobelo → builtFeature → Fort San Jerónimo ⓘ
Portobelo → builtFeature → Fort San Fernando ⓘ
linked to: Fort San Jerónimo
British fleet at Porto Bello → capturedFort → Fuerte de San Jerónimo ⓘ
linked to: Fort San Jerónimo