Fuerte Bulnes

Fuerte Bulnes is a Chilean fort located by the Strait of Magellan, 62 km south of Punta Arenas. It was founded in 1843 on a rocky hill at Punta Santa Ana, and named after President Manuel Bulnes Prieto.

The fort was built to further the president's colonization policies in Southern Chile and protect the Strait of Magellan. He directed construction to ward off claims by other nations. Chiloé's intendant (governor), Domingo Espiñeira Riesco, ordered construction of a schooner to sail to that location. He originally commissioned it in the president's name, but Bulnes had the ship renamed Ancud, for where it was built.

She sailed from Ancud on May 22, 1843, under command of John Williams Wilson, a British-born Chilean Navy officer. Ancud arrived at Punta Santa Ana on September 21, 1843, about 2 km from Puerto del Hambre. Williams directed the construction of a fort here, using mainly logs and dirt and grass 'bricks'.

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Fuerte Bulnesは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界2,503位（全3,734件中）、チリの2件では2位にランクされています。1843年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の10%より古い城です（19世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の267件のひとつ）。チリが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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