San Juan, Puerto Rico - December 2011

On our way back from Antigua, we stopped into Puerto Rico to check out the forts. The most famous fort is Castillo de San Marcos. This is where the USA battled the Spanish in the Spanish American war and by winning it, Puerto Rico became an American Commonwealth.

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Beautiful Spanish architecture in the Castillo de San Marcos.

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Check out all the arches.

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Very well fortified.

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Lynn and the boys in a lookout.

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Different levels of the fort provided better protection.

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Flies 3 flags: American, Puerto Rico, and Spanish.

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View from a cannon shooting area.

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View from the top of the fort looking towards the sea.

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A protected cannon shooting area to sink ships coming in.

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Notice all the shooting areas.

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Rounded architecture is very interesting.

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View of courtyard from above.

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Door that takes you a lower level. I thought the old look was very cool.

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View of the capital building.

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Some of these walls have etchings carved in the 1600's.

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View of the ocean from the fort.

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Love the mix of green grass inside the fort.

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View of San Juan.

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San Juan tax office.

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View of the capital.

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View of one of the government buildings.

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View of the capital

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Area for storing ammunitions.

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Tons of Iquanas here -- they say they are more of a pest than anything.

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Capital Building.

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Barracks for the solders, notice the number of beds.

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What the solders wore in 1894.

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Replica of Christopher Columbus's ship.