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The text related to the cultural heritage 'San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba' has mentioned 'Fortress' in the following places:
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| The Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca (also known by the less formal title of Castillo del Morro or as San Pedro de la Roca Castle) is a fortress on the coast of the Cuban city of Santiago de Cuba. | WIKI |
| The fortress was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997, cited as the best preserved and most complete example of Spanish-American military architecture. | WIKI |
| Antonelli's design was adapted to the location of the fortress on the steep sides of the promontory (the morro from which the fortress gets its name) reaching into the bay. | WIKI |
| View over the bay from the fortress | WIKI |
| While the fortress was still being constructed in 1662, English freebooters under the guidance of Christopher Myngs took control of Santiago for two weeks. | WIKI |
| [2] After they departed, the Spanish government ordered the reconstruction of the damaged part of the fortress and raised the garrison to 300 men. | WIKI |
| Between 1675 and 1692 the fortress was damaged by a series of earthquakes and reconstruction had to be carried out under the direction of Francisco Pxc3xa9rez between 1693 and 1695. | WIKI |
| By 1775, the fear of attack had diminished, and the parts of fortress known as the Rock (la Roca) and the Star (la Estrella) were converted into a prison for political prisoners, although the rest of the fortress continued to serve as a military base. | WIKI |
| [2] It was again used as a fortress in 1898 when the United States' fleet attacked Santiago de Cuba during the Spanishxe2x80x93American War. | WIKI |
| Inside the fortress Distant view of the fortress Cannons seen inside the fortress View of bay Inside the fortress View of bay from the fortress View of bay from the fortress Cannon inside the fortress Cross seen inside the fortress | WIKI |
| San Pedro de la Roca Castle, a multi-level stone fortress built into a rocky promontory (El Morro) at the south-eastern end of the island of Cuba, has guarded the entrance to Santiago de Cuba Bay since 1638. | UNESCO |
| This exceptional fortress and its associated defensive works were constructed in response to the aggressive commercial and political rivalries that menaced the Caribbean during the 17th and 18th centuries; today, they constitute the largest and most comprehensive example of the principles of Renaissance military engineering adapted to the requirements of European colonial powers in the Caribbean. | UNESCO |
| As conflicts between Spain and England grew in the 17th century, the townxe2x80x99s governor ordered the construction of a stone fortress on a strategic point where an earlier ravelin existed, following the designs of the renowned Italian military engineer Juan Bautista (Giovanni Battista) Antonelli. | UNESCO |
| The fortress was built into the promontoryxe2x80x99s steep cliffs in a progression of terraces, one above another, linked by a series of stairways. | UNESCO |
| The fortress xe2x80x93 which has been repaired, reconstructed and consolidated numerous times due to earthquakes and attacks xe2x80x93 declined during the early 20th century due to lack of maintenance, but was restored in the 1960s. | UNESCO |
| Within the boundaries of San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba, are located all the elements necessary to express its Outstanding Universal Value, including the Castle fortress complex and its associated forts, magazines, bastions and batteries, as well as the rocky promontory El Morro on which the Castle is located. | UNESCO |
| It underwent little change from the late 19th century, when its use as a fortress ceased, to the 1960s, when restoration work was undertaken according to the 1964 Venice Charter. | UNESCO |