Fuerte de Niebla by junge1
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Description
Fuerte de Niebla was built in 1671. A 1737 earthquake completely ruined the fort and it was rebuilt by order of Manso de Velasco. Fuerte de Niebla was one of ten forts that made up the Valdivian Fort System, a series of Spanish colonial fortifications established to protect the city of Valdivia from the Dutch and the Mapuche. The forts were built around the bay formed by Rio Valdivia and Rio Tornagateones.
During the period of Spanish rule (1552-1820) it was one of the biggest systems in the Americas. It was also a major supply source for Spanish ships that crossed the Strait of Magellan.
These forts are located approximately 320km south of Concepcion, the nearest city to the 8.8 magnitude earthquake.
This picture was taken on 28 December 2003.
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Comments (32)
Fnatastic shot and intereting cannons. Just pulled info about the Mapuche in Wiki - fascintating
A lot of fire power on this mountain. Interesting shot. Aloha
impresive defence system for these times and era.nice shot as well sig.
Excellent work!
another terrific shot sig..beautiful place...love it..
Lovely capture of this fort there certainly is a lot of fire power there for its time.. well done!!
thanks for this history lesson. A great shot and an excellent POV.
Great capture!
Superb capture my friend.
Shining Shot.
sehr interessantes Foto!
Always somebody wanting someone elses stuff...nicely seen image..
Nice job I hope it wasn't damaged again!
Awesome capture. Thanks for the trivia too, always love that part of your uploads.
Interesting scene..awesome picture! :)
Excellent photography and history lesson on an area much in the news!!
I'm with Errol on this...lots of firepower! Very strong shot.
Looks like they built it out of black volcanic rock! A fine view of this battery of guns. Hopefully it survived the earthquake. Prayers for Chile!
look like a harde place to beat if you attack it. wonderful looking
wow this looks powerful and must have been at it's time, a fine shot, Sig!
AWESOME SHOT!
marvelous image!!
Cool shot!!
What a formidable lineup of guns you captured here. I'm glad they aren't in use these days.
Very nice shot. Most interesting subject.
Wonderful Photo!!!Thanks for the interesting story :-)
A beautiful weekend - one quick comment, gallery visits and am always excited
Nice capture. History lives!
What a great shot! It reminds me of the guns at Fort Casey (although there are only two left there). Great view!
This was well maintained and hope it survived. Wonderful capture. Dana