How big are the walls of the forts and the city walls?
National Park Service - San Juan National Historic SiteEl Morro rises over 140 feet above the sea and has walls from 18 to 25 feet thick in places. San Crist?bal is over 150 feet straight up from the Atlantic shoreline. The city walls which join the two fortresses and once encircled the entire colonial capital city are 3.4 miles long. The fortresses and the walls, together with La Fortaleza, are recognized by the United Nations as a World Heritage Site, one of only 12 U.S. National Park units to be so designated.Top
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National Park Service - San Juan National Historic SiteSpanish troops built forts in San Juan beginning in 1539 with a tower at El Morro and La Fortaleza. Most of the walls we see in the forts today were added later, in a period of tremendous construction from the 1760's-1780's.Top
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National Park Service - San Juan National Historic SiteThere is a history of 5 battles: the attack on El Morro in 1595 by Sir Francis Drake; a second attack on El Morro and the city by Sir George Clifford, another Englishman, in 1598; a siege of El Morro by the Dutch in 1625; an invasion by 7,000 British troops and 64 warships under the command of General Ralph Abercromby in 1797; and the bombardment of San Juan by the United States Navy on May 12, 1898 during the Spanish-American War.Top English troops captured El Morro in the 1598 battle.
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National Park Service - San Juan National Historic SiteThis is difficult to answer. There was constant modification for centuries (El Morro 248 years, San Crist?bal 150 years), however most work on El Morro occured over a 50 year span and most work on San Cristobal occured over a 25 year period.Top
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National Park Service - San Juan National Historic Siteaverage number for both forts combined would be 400-450 troops, but there were as many as 6,000 during the 1797 attack by the British.Top
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National Park Service - San Juan National Historic SiteWork crews of civilian craftsmen, off duty soldiers, prisoners, and slaves were used in the construction of these forts. About 400 were busy in the peak construction times of the 1770's and 1780's, after King Carlos III had given the orders to make San Juan "a Defense of the First Order."Top
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