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 | San Jose (Saint Joseph) was one of four coastal batteries built to reinforce San Luis castle, which was designed to defend the Bocachica (narrow mouth) strait, the only entrance to the bay of Cartagena. It was designed by Spanish military engineer Juan de Herrera y Sotomayor.
http://www.fortified-places.com/cartagena.html |  | 03/27/2007 | 190 | 
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 | Center of cartagena de indias, a cultural and historical city, patrimony of humanity. |  | 02/09/2006 | 629 |
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 | Antonio De Arévalo's plans for the fortress began in 1639. Building was complete in 1789, creating the largest fort to guard Cartagena against pirates, who besieged the city five times between during the sixteeenth century.
San Felipe was undoubtedly the greatest and strongest fortress of all the Spanish colonies. | | 03/29/2007 | 208 |
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 | "The Needles" new battery is a product of subsidence problems and concerns about the old battery.
The main armanant composed of three BL 9.2 inch (233.7 mm) pieces and saw action during World War Two.
The battery today:
It is currently abandoned. | | 09/04/2009 | 35 |
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 | This Victorian coastal battery was used during World War 2 as observation point for the 'New battery'. It's main armanant composed of anti-aircraft guns.
The battery today: It is currently opened to the public.
Website:www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-theneedlesoldbattery | | 09/04/2009 | 53 |
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 | This English coastal battery was built between 1940 and 1941. The main armanant composed of two 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns.
The battery today:
It is currently abandoned. | | 09/04/2009 | 38 |
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 | A Polish coastal battery was part of the Rejonu Umocnionego Hel. The main armanant composed of two 75mm "Schneider" guns.
During the Battle of Hel in 1939, this battery took down 30 German fighterplanes.
The battery today:
It is currently abandoned.
Address:Lesna, Hel | | 09/12/2009 | 45 |
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 | This battery used to have four 120mm Vickers guns in a four position monobloc, with concrete covered magazines and storage an intrinsic part of the battery; it is rapidly becoming overgrown. | | 11/13/2008 | 145 |
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 | A Twentieth Century coastal battery and associated pillbox, tank trap and military building are visible as a series of structures on air photographs. Some of the features are visible on the latest 1988-1993 Ordnance Survey vertical photography. These features represent the northernmost area of Blyth Battery, a coastal artillery battery situated on South Beach, Blyth. The battery was constructed... |  | 09/30/2008 | 614 |
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 | This English coastal battery was built in 1941 to defend Loch Ewe against a possible German invasion.
The main armanant consisted of two 6 inch (152.4 mm) guns.
The battery today:It is currently abandoned.
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 | This German coastal battery at Scheveningen was built between 1941 an 1945. The main armanant composed of four 15,5cm guns.
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The battery today:
It is currently abandoned. | | 08/31/2009 | 51 |
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 | Mistra Battery is or was one of the most beautiful coastal batteries built in the Mellieha area. Nowadays it is being used as a fish-farm, where a number of alterations were made on it, destroying also parts of it.
Although the building of a battery was mentioned in the report prepared by the commissioners of fortifications Fontet and D’Arginy, it seems that this battery was not... | | 10/13/2006 | 232 |
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