Castillo de San Marcos and other forts (Spain, Americans, Mobile)

[Irishtom29]

Some photos of the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine. A perfect example of the art of 18th Century fortification with 4 bastions, a ravelin and a splendid glacis and covered way.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh92/Irishtom29/earlydec149.jpg (broken link)

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh92/Irishtom29/forts112.jpg (broken link)

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh92/Irishtom29/forts125.jpg (broken link)

Ditch, and scarp and counterscarp galleries at Fort Barrancas, Pensacola Florida.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh92/Irishtom29/vio009.jpg (broken link)

Carnot scarp and caponier at Fort Gaines, Mobile Bay

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh92/Irishtom29/forts005.jpg (broken link)

[Irishtom29]

Well obviously that first photo is an Altec A7-500, not a fort. But it's too hard to start over.

Here's the ditch, scarp and ravelin (on the left) of the castillo in St. Augustine

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh92/Irishtom29/forts113.jpg (broken link)

[Leovigildo]

Irish

Do you think that Americans will be p.i.s.s.e.d if Spain sends a company of Reales Tercios disguised as tourists to occypy the fort?

[GloryB]

My oldest son lives in St. Augustine. It is such a great town full of history.