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	Tours of the forts of the old city
		In 1595 an attack was made on El Morro by the fleet of Sir Francis Drake, a hero of England's successful battle against the Spanish Armada in Europe.
		At the end of that war, Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States as a condition of the Treaty of Paris.
		In 1939, with World War II raging in Europe, anti-aircraft defenses were put in place at El Morro – the last time the fort was used for military purposes.
	www.whattodoinpr.com /forts.html (812 words)

	Morro Castle — FactMonster.com
		Morro Castle was captured by the British under Sir George Pocock in 1762.
		The fort at the entrance to the harbor of Santiago de Cuba is also called Morro Castle and was built shortly after the Morro Castle of Havana.
		Morro Castle on the harbor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is also a picturesque old Spanish fort.
	www.factmonster.com /id/A0834115 (190 words)

	El Morro National Monument - DesertUSA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This is El Morro, where history is written with permanence found on the old civilization monuments in the Near East, telling of the battles of ancient kings.
		El Morro was as much a landmark and water source for the conquistadors as for the natives.
		The first known historical mention of El Morro is found in the journal of Diego Pérez de Luxán, chronicler of the Espejo Expedition, which stopped at the landmark for water on March 11, 1583.
	www.desertusa.com /mag00/jan/stories/elmorro.html (991 words)

	Morro Castle - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Morro Castle, fort at the entrance to the harbor of Havana, Cuba.
		Morro Castle was captured by the British under Sir George Pocock in 1762.
		Morro Castle on the harbor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is also a picturesque old Spanish fort.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-morrocas.html (360 words)

	San Juan, Puerto Rico
		In 1992, the fortress was restored to its historical form in honor of the 500th anniversary of the discovery of Puerto Rico by Christopher Columbus.
		El Capitolio (Capitol Building of Puerto Rico) hold the offices of senators on one wing and those of representatives on the other, with galleries, friezes, mosaics and an impressive rotunda in which Puerto Rico's constitution is exhibited.
		The cemetery is particularly noteworthy for its elaborate tombstones and the circular neoclassical chapel dedicated to Mary Magdalen.
	welcome.topuertorico.org /city/sanjuan.shtml (3886 words)

	El Morro Castle : Exploring Essential Information, Data and Explanation.
		Fort San Felipe del Morro, or El Castillo Del Morro, is an sixteenth-century fort that lies on the northernmost point of San Juan,
		Today, El Morro is one of Puerto Rico's main touristic sites and museums, displaying some of the artifacts that Spaniards, Indians and Africans of that time used.
		On the other side of the entrance of the bay, a smaller fort known as "El Cañuelo" supported Fort San Felipe del Morro in defending the entrance to San Juan's bay.
	www.llpoh.org /Styles_and_Architecture/El_Morro_Castle.html (686 words)

	El Morro in Puerto Rico
		The oldest Spanish fort in the New World, El Morro was built to protect San Juan from attacks from the sea and to control entry to the harbour.
		The name by which the fort is commonly known, El Morro, is the Spanish word for headland - it refers to the headland on which the fort stands.
		In 1983 the United Nations declared El Morro a World Heritage Site and in 1992 the grounds, which had been converted to car parking and roads, were restored to their 18th century state.
	www.simply-puerto-rico-vacations.com /el-morro-in-puerto-rico.html (724 words)

	Morro Castle (fortress) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro (or Morro Castle) is a picturesque fortress guarding the entrance to Havana bay in Havana, Cuba.
		The castle, named after the biblical Magi, was later captured by the British in 1762.
		Morro Castle in Havana is not to be confused with other structures with similar names in Santiago de Cuba and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morro_Castle_(fortress) (482 words)

	La Garita - San Juan
		El Viejo San Juan is home to sidewalk cafes, art galleries, museums, and beautifully restored homes giving the area a romantic nostalgic look.
		Castillo de San Felipe del Morro (El Morro) - Construction of the castle and fortress was begun in 1533.
		El Paseo de la Princesa is a picturesque boulevard that paralleles the ancient walls.
	www.elboricua.com /lagarita.html (590 words)

	William R. Talbot :: Prints
		The Mexican modernist Ramos Martinez painted this marvelous watercolor of the entrance to Havana Harbor en plein air and with such immediacy that it is possible to identify the historic moment he captured.
		To protect the narrow canal leading into the harbor, the Spanish built El Morro Castle on the north point of the opening and La Punta fort on the south point.
		El Morro in particular possessed strategic importance, for whoever controlled the garrison would control the port of Havana, one of the best natural harbors in the world.
	www.williamtalbot.com /20thcenturyprints/20_mar_habana.html (669 words)

	Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro (Morro Castle) \| Old Havana Web
		By 1594 El Morro already had a big moat and other changes that had been brought about by the survey made by the Fleet’s Captain Francisco Coloma, who had found El Morro too weak on the land side due to its low walls and the shallowness of the moat.
		El Morro is designed to fit in the sharp accidents of the elevation holding it, and to create successive levels of defensive fire all the way to sea level.
		El Morro was the main scenario of the battle when the English attacked and captured the city with a powerful fleet in 1762.
	www.oldhavanaweb.com /fortresses/castillo_de_los_tres_reyes_magos_del_morro_morro_castle.html (707 words)

	El Boricua, a bilingual , cultural publication for Puerto Ricans
		In 1540, the Spanish settlers began the construction of the fort El Morro ("the promontory") with revenue from Mexican mines.
		El Morro was the island's main military fortification in San Juan and was guarded by professional soldiers.
		The Dutch were counterattacked by the civilian militia on land and by the cannons of the Spanish troops in El Morro Castle.
	www.elboricua.com /MilitaryHistory.html (7863 words)

	Fort San Felipe del Morro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fort San Felipe del Morro —or El Castillo San Felipe del Morro in Spanish— is a sixteenth-century citadel that lies on the northwestern-most point of the islet of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
		El Morro, which means "promontory", is part of San Juan National Historic Site and was declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations in 1983.
		The core structures of El Morro were completed in a forty year timespan in the 16th century, but new structures, embellishments, and restorations were added to the complex over the entire span of its 400 year history.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/El_Morro_Castle (946 words)

	Cuba la Bella : El Morro
		Morro Castle being no longer needed as a fortress, is now used as a Military Academy.
		Historic Morro Castle at the entrance to the harbor - Havana, Cuba.
		El historico Castillo del Morro que desafiando los siglos guarda majestuosamente la entrada a la Bahia de La Habana.
	www.cubalabella.net /cgi-bin/museum/imageFolio.cgi?direct=La_Habana/El_Morro (222 words)

	7th Havana Biennial - Tour: Morro Castle
		The fortress with the original name "The Three Kings" was built on the cliffs called "Morro" at the entrance to the bay and the harbor according to the plans of the Italian military engineer Bautista Antonelli from 1589 until approximately 1610.
		Under the covering fire of their ships, the English troops had approached from a nearby hill (on which La Cabaña would later be built) within 200 meters of the fortress and brought a gunpowder deposit to explosion by which a breach was blasted into its walls.
		Upon the withdrawal of the English, the rebuilding of the city commenced and along with it the Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro.
	www.universes-in-universe.de /car/habana/bien7/morro/english.htm (222 words)

	Castillo el Morro- Havana, Cuba - VirtualTourist.com
		El Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro and La Fortaleza San Carlos de la Cabana are located across the bay of Havana.
		The castle is in irregular shape and is surrounded by moats.
		The castle of the Three Kings (Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro) called "El Morro" is the most famous fortress of the Caribbean.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Caribbean_and_Central_America/Cuba/Provincia_de_Ciudad_de_La_Habana/Havana-1652304/Things_To_Do-Havana-Castillo_el_Morro-BR-1.html (1003 words)

	National Park Service - San Juan National Historic Site
		Gunners from El Morro shoot a cannonball through the cabin of Drake's flagship.
		El Morro holds but the city is sacked and burned.
		1992 - El Morro's grounds are returned to their historic 18th century appearance as part of Quincentennial restoration when modern roadways and parking lots are removed.
	www.nps.gov /saju/morro.html (489 words)

	Bombardment of the Morro Castle,… (BHC0407) - National Maritime Museum
		On 30 July a breach was made with mines in a wall of the castle and this enabled the British to take it by storm.
		After the capture of the castle, the fall of Havana was only a matter of time and occurred on 11 August.
		Havana is depicted in the background to the left and the Morro Castle is visible immediately behind the three principal ships.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=BHC0407 (525 words)

	Glimpses of Our National Monuments (El Morro)
		They visited El Morro and copied the inscriptions in 1849, leaving a record of their own visit on the rock.
		Thus for 168 years El Morro was a regular camping place for parties engaged in maintaining Spanish rule over the Pueblo Indians of this section.
		Twenty miles farther on one enters El Morro National Monument, where there are inviting places to camp, with a shelter house in case of storm.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/glimpses2/glimpses10.htm (982 words)

	morrocastle (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The MORRO CASTLE was actually one of the safest ships afloat in her era, and there were many heroes among her crew on that last voyage-- heroes who did everything they could to save passengers' lives.
		Early in the morning of September 8, 1934, a mysterious fire was detected in her First Class Writing Room as the MORRO CASTLE steamed off the New Jersey coast.
		The MORRO CASTLE disaster remains one of the deadliest shipwrecks in American history.
	www.wardline.com /morrocastle.html (292 words)

	North Atlantic & Caribbean Forts
		There were three blockhouses on the southeastern side of the city, one on the northeastern side, one on the eastern side (Sueno Blockhouse), and a fortified bull arena to the northeast.
		Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro (aka El Morro Castle (1)), built from 1589 to 1630, is a large triangular-shaped fortress on Punta Barlovento at the entrance to the ship channel into the harbor.
		El Morro Lighthouse (La Torre Blanca), originally built in 1581, became a lighthouse in 1764.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/atlantic.html (2409 words)

	El Convento, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico - Caribbean Travel & Life
		As you drive down the narrow cobblestone streets of Old San Juan away from El Morro castle, look for Cristo Street, a narrow, one-way transito heading out of the old town.
		El Convento dates back to 1651 when it was built as a cloister for Carmelite nuns.
		The hotel's 55 rooms occupy the upper three stories of the structure, with access from the street entrance and restaurant via a key-controlled elevator.
	www.caribbeantravelmag.com /article.jsp?ID=20255 (502 words)

	Survival instinct
		The 605-foot cargo freighter Sergo Zakariadze sits hard aground in the shadow of the 500-year-old El Morro Castle in Puerto Rico.
		The freighter was inbound after evacuating the Port of San Juan due to a hurricane when it suffered a steering failure and was pushed onto a boulder-covered breakwater protecting the 500-year-old national historic castle El Morro.
		A unified command was established to coordinate the removal and refloat of the vessel.
	www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/cb/June2000/SergoZ.html (739 words)

	KIDPROJ Through Our Eyes Project (Site not responding. Last check: )
		El Morro was built by the Spaniards in the 15th century.
		El Morro is an interesting place to visit.
		El Morro has many weapons used during this time period, some which are metal cannons and even powder guns.
	www.kidlink.org /KIDPROJ/Eyes/puerto.html (242 words)

	El Morro Castle
		El Morro Castle, or El Castillo Del Morro, is an old fort that lies on San Juan's northernmost point in Puerto Rico
		With its fl colored walls and spectacular view of the Atlantic Ocean, El Morro was occupied by the Spaniards many centuries ago.
		Today, El Morro Castle is one of Puerto Rico's main touristic sites and museums, displaying some of the artifacts that Spaniards, Indians and Africans of that time used and other exhibits, such as ship models of those times and rooms with written descriptions of what happened then.
	www.mik.fastload.org /el/El_Morro_Castle.html (235 words)

	el morro (Site not responding. Last check: )
		El morro lighthouse is a quintessential havana landmark, sticking up out of el morro castle across the bay whose moats, warrens of wide cobbled paths and rows of ancient cannon guard over the inlet.
		Some nights later I was invited to another bar at el morro called "Bulerías".
		When I politely declined he looked very dejected and returned to stand hunched next to the policeman, staring back at me with a mix of hurt, disbelief and contempt, the street lights reflecting white ovals off his glasses.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~schemata/cuba04/elmorro.html (736 words)

	San Juan Hotels and Virtual Tours from VResorts.com
		Across the bridge from Condado, on the way to Old San Juan is the landmark Caribe Hilton.
		About 45 minutes to the east, not far from the Westin Rio Mar and the El Yunque rainforest, you'll find the fabulous Luquillo Beach, without a doubt one of the best public beaches in the world.
		El Convento Hotel, or the Wyndham Old San Juan.
	www.vresorts.com /VRPages/PuertoRico/sanjuan.html (433 words)

	California Ocean Beach Lodging in Morro & Monterey Bay areas
		The Bartfield Group of lodgings are located along the California Coast with locations in the Monterey Bay and Morro Bay sanctuaries.
		This Inn has ocean views of the Pacific on California's Central Coast in Morro Bay, California.
		Located on Monterey Bay of California in the small coastal town of Aptos eight miles from Santa Cruz and 35 miles from Monterey, at Rio Del Mar Beach, only 100 steps from 20 miles of sandy California beaches.
	www.masterpiecemotels.com (381 words)

	El Morro Masterpiece Motel
		From the authentic Spanish-Moorish architecture to the finely framed prints, which decorate the corridors and rooms with artistic works from the Master Painters of the Renaissance to the Modern, to the Excellence of the rooms themselves.
		he Masterpiece Motel is centrally located, midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, in the small fishing village of Morro Bay, 12 miles north of San Luis Obispo.
		lthough Morro Bay is a small, peaceful community it still boasts many fine amenities including fine restaurants, a challenging 18-hole golf course, shops and art galleries.
	morrobaysbest.com /elmorromasterpiecemotel (191 words)

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