United States · 18th century
Fort Barrancas ranks #3,730 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #71 of the 110 mapped in United States. Founded 1787, it is older than 13% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 685 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,088 times in the last 60 days, more than 70% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.
Fort Barrancas (1839) or Fort San Carlos de Barrancas (from 1787) is a United States military fort and National Historic Landmark in the former Warrington area of Pensacola, Florida, located physically within Naval Air Station Pensacola, which was developed later around it.
The hill-top fort, connected to a sea level water battery, overlooks Pensacola Bay. From 1839 to 1844, the historic Spanish fort on the hill was reconstructed and dramatically expanded in brick. The older, water battery downhill (Bateria de San Antonio, 1787) has been separately named as "Fort San Carlos".
It is a remnant from the Spanish fortification, the wooden (Spanish: Fuerte) Fort San Carlos de Barrancas of the late 18th century.
Between World War I and World War II, the fort was used as a Citizens' Military Training Camp.
Due to changing requirements, the U.S. Army deactivated Fort Barrancas on April 15, 1947, following World War II. Designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL) in 1960, the fort was transferred to the control and administration of the National Park Service in 1971. After extensive restoration during 1971–1980, Fort Barrancas was opened to the public (see below: Timeline).
Text adapted from “Fort Barrancas” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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