Fortress
Vieques Fort
🇺🇸 United States · 19th century
El Fortín Conde de Mirasol, also known as Fuerte de Vieques, is a fort built in 1845 located in the town of Isabel Segunda in Vieques, an island municipality of Puerto Rico. In 1991, the fort was restored by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. The structure houses the Vieques Museum of Art and History and the Vieques Historic Archives, an extensive collection of documents related to the history of Vieques. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2001.
Text adapted from “Fortín Conde de Mirasol” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vieques Fort ranks #5,684 of 7,044 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #99 of the 103 mapped in United States. Founded 1845, it is older than 9% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 496 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Vieques Fort?
Vieques Fort stands in the United States, at 18.14765°, -65.43914°.
When was Vieques Fort built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1845. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Vieques Fort?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,684 of 7,044 worldwide, and #99 in the United States. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Vieques Fort?
Fort Christian, about 58 km away.
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