Morro de Santiago de Cuba

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Morro de Santiago de Cuba is a historic Spanish colonial fortress overlooking the bay of Santiago de Cuba, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the best-preserved examples of military architecture in the Caribbean.

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Morro de Santiago de Cuba canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial fortress ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
coastal fortification ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca ⓘ
Castillo del Morro ⓘ
architecturalStyle Renaissance military architecture ⓘ
bastion fort ⓘ
builtBy Spanish Empire ⓘ
category Castles in Cuba ⓘ
Forts in Cuba ⓘ
Spanish colonial fortifications in the Caribbean ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in Cuba ⓘ
constructionEnd 1700 ⓘ
constructionStart 1638 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Cuba ⓘ
designedBy Giovanni Battista Antonelli ⓘ
hasPart bastions ⓘ
batteries ⓘ
casemates ⓘ
curtain walls ⓘ
lighthouse ⓘ
magazines ⓘ
moats ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
locatedIn Santiago de Cuba Province ⓘ
locatedNear Santiago de Cuba ⓘ
locatedOn rocky promontory ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater Caribbean Sea ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
notableFor example of Spanish-American military architecture ⓘ
state of preservation ⓘ
operator Cuban authorities ⓘ
overlooks Bay of Santiago de Cuba ⓘ
partOf Spanish colonial defensive network in the Caribbean ⓘ
defensive system of Santiago de Cuba ⓘ
purpose defense of Santiago de Cuba ⓘ
protection of Santiago de Cuba Bay ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1997 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 841 ⓘ
usedFor historical interpretation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

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

Castillo del Morro San Pedro de la Roca → alsoKnownAs → Morro de Santiago de Cuba ⓘ