Castillo de San Cristóbal

The Castle of San Cristóbal (Spanish: Castillo de San Cristóbal) in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) was the first fortification of significance on the island of Tenerife and the main defensive building on Santa Cruz Bay. The central Castle Street is named after this fort.

Under the administration of Gov. Álvarez de Fonseca, construction began in 1575 but it was the January 20, 1577 when it entered service. The castle was demolished in 1928 to construct the Plaza de España, with the remains of the castle buried under it for centuries. On June 28, 2006, during the refurbishment of the Plaza of Spain, some remains were later found to belong to the castle. At that time precautionary and protective measures were taken in order to ensure the preservation of the find.

There remain only a few walls of the original building on display in a tunnel under the Plaza de España. Today, the castle is a museum which houses the famous "Cañón Tigre" (Tiger Cannon), which shot a musketball to Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson's right arm, which fractured his humerus bone in multiple places on July 25, 1797, the reason why he had his arm amputated.

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Castillo de San Cristóbal steht weltweit auf Platz 2.485 von 3.691 im Burgen-Bekanntheitsranking des Atlas und Nr. 100 der 180 in Spanien verzeichneten. Gegründet 1575, ist es älter als 40% der datierten Objekte des Atlas — eines von 307 Atlas-Objekten, die im 16. Jahrhundert gegründet wurden. Sehen Sie im Burgen-Statistik, wie Spanien abschneidet.

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