Santa Cruz Fort

Fort of Santa Cruz is a fort in Oran, the second largest port city of Algeria. It is one of Oran's three forts; the other two forts are Fort de la Moune at the western end of the port and Fort Saint-Philippe, a replacement of the old castle of the Saints known in Spanish as Castillo de los Santos, at the centre of Oran. The three forts are connected by tunnels. Fort of Santa Cruz was built between 1577 and 1604 by the Spaniards on the Pic d'Aidour above Gulf of Oran in the Mediterranean Sea, at an elevation of above 400 metres (1,312 ft). In 1831, the French occupied Oran and the fort.

A small chapel, known as the Chapel of Santa Cruz, stands close to the fort. This chapel has been refurbished with a tower, which has a huge statue of the Virgin Mary, said to be a replica of that at Notre-Dame de la Garde in Marseille, styled as Notre-Dame du Salut de Santa Cruz.

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Santa Cruz Fortは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界1,776位（全3,734件中）、アルジェリアの3件では2位にランクされています。1577年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の39%より古い城です（16世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の351件のひとつ）。アルジェリア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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