Fuerte de San García

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Historic site in Algeciras, Spain

San Garcia Fort
Native name Spanish: Fuerte de San García
the remains of the Fuerte de San García
Location	Algeciras, Spain
Built	1730s

Spanish Cultural Heritage
Official name	Fuerte de San García
Type	Non-movable
Criteria	Monument


Location of San Garcia Fort in Province of Cádiz Show map of Province of Cádiz Fuerte de San García (Spain) Show map of Spain

Fuerte de San García was a fort in Algeciras, Spain, It was built in the 1730s and destroyed in 1811 to deny it to the French. Today all that remains are the foundation and base ruins, in the Parque del Centenario, but it is a registered Bien de Interés Cultural landmark

The Spanish fortifications around Gibraltar were destroyed in 1810 to deny their use by Napoleon's forces. the fortifications around the bay were removed by Portuguese sailors and this was only shortly before the French cavalry arrived in nearby San Roque.^[1] The main Spanish lines were destroyed by Colonel Sir Charles Holloway on 14 February 1810. Following the main explosion other towers were destroyed and volunteers took away the rubble.^[2]

References

^ Jackson, Sir William G. F. (1990). The rock of the Gibraltarians : a history of Gibraltar (2nd ed.). Grendon: Gibraltar Books. p. 213. ISBN 0948466146.
^ Musteen, Jason R (2011). Nelson's Refuge Gibraltar in the Age of Napoleon. New York: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1612510842.