Historical landmark
San Felipe de Barajas Fort
Cielo mar, La Boquilla, Cl. 31, Pie Del Cerro, Cartagena de Indias, Bolívar
Hilltop stone fortress of tunnels and bastions built to repel pirates and a colonial-era British invasion fleet.
This guide to the San Felipe de Barajas Fort in Cartagena centers on the early hours of April 20, 1741, when thousands of British troops under Admiral Edward Vernon moved through the mud below the hill. It follows Admiral Blas de Lezo, missing an eye, an arm and part of a leg from earlier wars, as he weighs how to hold the fort with a fraction of Vernon's forces. Listen for the tunnels cut into the hillside, built so a sentry at one end could catch the scrape of a boot at the other.
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