La Cabaña

Fortress of San Carlos de La Cabaña, Havana
Postcard of 1920 of Fortress of La Cabaña
General information
TypeDefense building
Architectural styleBaroque
Town or cityHavana
CountryCuba
Groundbreaking1763
Completed1774
Technical details
Structural systemLoad bearing
MaterialMasonry

Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña (Fort of Saint Charles), colloquially known as La Cabaña, is an 18th-century fortress complex, the third-largest in the Americas, located on the elevated eastern side of the harbor entrance in Havana, Cuba. The fort rises above the 60-meter (200 ft) hilltop, along with Morro Castle. The fort is part of the Old Havana World Heritage Site which was created in 1982.

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