St. Philip's Castle

St. Philip's Castle (Catalan:Castell de Sant Felip, Spanish: Castillo de San Felipe, often known as Fort St Phillip) was a fortress guarding the entrance to the port of Mahón. It is located in the municipality of Es Castell, on the island of Menorca.

It was rebuilt by British forces in the 1760s, around an earlier Spanish fort, the Castell de Sant Felip, which had been established about 1554. It is best known for its unsuccessful defence on two occasions by the British: during the Siege of Fort St Philip (1756) and the Invasion of Minorca, 1781. Following the latter event, the castle was partly demolished.

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St. Philip's Castleは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界2,326位（全3,734件中）、スペインの180件では87位にランクされています。1600年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の35%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）。スペイン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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