The Real Haunted Story Of El Morro

This is Castillo. The massive castle and citadel that is San Felipe del Morro, sometimes referred to as El Moro, the promontory, may be seen in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. The building of a fortified tower was authorized by King Charles, the first of Spain, in the year 1539. This tower was built in honor of King Philip, the second of Spain, who enlarged it into a horn work Fort by the year 1595. Over the course of two hundred years, mostly during the reign of King Charles the Third, El Morro developed into its ultimate form in the year 1787.

The six-story structure, which is located on San Juan Islet and is situated on a high rocky headland promontory, serves as a sentry at the entrance to the ancient San Juan's port, which is located 140 feet away from Atlantic Beach and is between 18 and 25 feet thick. Puerto Rico, often referred to as La Yave de la Sandias, was protected by forts such as El Morro, La Fortaleza, San Cristobal, and El Panuelo, which were located inside the walls of Old San Juan. Gonzalo Fernandez del Viedo in Valdez suggested constructing a battery on the Moro, which is a rocky point, as it became clear that La Fortaleza was not an appropriate location. In addition to a tower that included four embrasures, this battery also featured a water battery with three guns located at the slope base. For the purpose of defending against French privateers in the year 1555, Morrow had eight bronze cannons.

El Morro, Castillo de San Felipe was able to withstand a number of attacks from other countries when the Spanish were in control of the island. The first garrison of the San Felipe del Morro Fortress in Puerto Rico was comprised of Portuguese warriors who were initially sent from Lisbon by Philip the Second in the year 1593. Some brought their husbands, while others married Puerto Rican women, resulting in the formation of a large number of families with Portuguese names that were called Puerto Rican. During the Battle of San Juan, which took place in 1595, Sir Francis Drake's fleet attempted to attack San Juan but was unsuccessful. During the reign of George Clifford, third Earl of Cumberland, the English launched another attack in the year 1598.

The reason Clifford was victorious was because he attacked San Juan on land rather than by way of the Bay. His departure from the island was necessitated by the outbreak of dysentery that occurred after the Battle of San Juan. The Dutch, led by Budine Hendricks, had conquered the island in 1625, after the overland attack that George Clifford had launched. The residents were taken aback when the assailants were able to get through the defenses of the castle and penetrate the port, which was beyond of the reach of the cannon of the city. Despite the fact that the Dutch were forced to retire as a result of El Morro's resistance to the siege, the Dutch destroyed and burnt the city before leaving, which is known as the Battle of San Juan.

A combined force of 7013 thousand men led by British General Ralph Abercrombie and Admiral Henry Harvey launched an assault on Puerto Rico in the year 1797. Those belonging to Captain General Don Ramon de Castro. The attack was canceled out by the soldiers. At the Battle of San Juan, Abercrombie and Harvey were beaten successfully. The last combat of El Moro was a bombardment by the United States Navy during the Spanish American War in 1898.

This event signaled the end of conventional naval warfare in the Caribbean. During the Spanish American War, American naval soldiers launched at least three attacks against the castle. The most significant of these attacks was the shelling of San Juan on May 12th, 1898. The United States of America was granted Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam, and the Philippines by Spain as part of the Treaty of Paris, which brought an end to the war. The large United States Army facility known as Fort Brook, which is located in Old San Juan and includes El Morro and other Spanish government structures.

In the early 20th century, the United States military constructed a golf course, baseball fields, hospitals, officers quarters, and officers club on the Esplanade in front of El Moro. Additionally, they constructed a golf course. As a group. As of the 21st of March in 1915, Teofilo Marxuach was the officer of the day at the El Morro fortress. Through the Hamburg America Line cargo ship Odenwald, a request was made to leave without first obtaining approval from the customs collector. It was later Mark Zwack who gave the order for her to shoot, and she halted. On the day that war was declared with the sinking of the USS Cormoran off the coast of Guam, the United States fired its first fired shot in battle. However, Latin Mark Schwab's bullets are generally believed to be the first. For the purpose of commanding coastal artillery and monitoring for German submarines that were destroying Caribbean cargo during World War II, the United States Army constructed a massive concrete bunker on top of El Moro.

This bunker served as a harbor defense fire control post. 180 feet above sea level, the highest point of El Morro is a lighthouse that was built by the United States Army in 190608. Flagpoles on El Morro often show the flags of the United States of America, Puerto Rico, and the Cross of Burgundy, which was a standard used by Spanish forces all throughout the globe from 1506 until 1785.