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Morro
- Cabaña Historical Military Park
Museums and Art Galleries - City of Havana Regions of Cuba - Travel Guide "Whoever is master of this hill will be master of Havana". This was the assessment made of the Morro - La Cabaña fortress complex more than 400 years ago by Antonelli, the engineer who designed the defense system of Colonial Havana. The English, following Antonelli's appraisal to the letter, took Morro Castle by storm in 1762 and proceeded to occupy Havana. When the Spanish regained possession of the city, they ensured that such a military defeat would never happen again by building the most powerful fortress in the Americas, San Carlos and San Severino de la Cabaiia, whose construction was concluded toward the end of the 1700s. The fortress and Morro Castle (Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro) make up the Morro - Cabaña Historical Military Park, the most extensive museum in the country. Morro Castle is, in itself, a museum piece that reveals the solutions of renaissance architecture as they were applied to military strategy. Inside the castle, there are two theme rooms focusing on the history of navigation in Havana Harbor. These exhibits include objects salvaged from a ship that sank at the harbor entrance in the 18 th century. The park also showcases temporary exhibits on various themes. The fortress of San Carlos and San Severino de La Cabaña houses the most important collection of antique weapons in the country: a full-scale medieval catapult and battering ram; double-curved swords from Southeast Asia; the Indian Katar, a fearsome three-bladed dagger; the venerable katanas of the samurai; ornate Arabian rifles; and an entire battery of cannons cast in Seville in the 18th century. When Havana is still a walled city, La Cabaña fortress would fire one of its cannons every night at 9:00 p.m. to announce the closing of the doors, a tradition preserved by the people of Havana to this very day. The impressive view from Morro Castle and La Cabaña takes in the entire harbor along with the skyline of the city. Collections:
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20, 2000
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