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Santiago de Cuba Fortress
Built to defend the city from pirates and privateers, Santiago de Cuba's Morro Castle perches as proudly and arrogantly at the entrance to the city's bay today as it did in the 16th Century. A ferocious attack by French privateer Jacques de Sores prompted provincial Governor Pedro de Roca y Borja to order its construction in 1553.
The famous Italian engineer Juan Bautista Antonelli constructed the fortress, adapting the building to the sloping terrain. The Morro, bearing the name San Pedro de la Roca Castle, was finished in 1643 and when ships arrived to the harbor they were saluted with cannon shots fired from the Punta Blanca battery.
Part of the defensive compound of Santiago Bay, it is considered the most...
privateers, Santiago de Cuba's Morro Castle perches as proudly and arrogantly at the entrance to the city's bay today as it did in the 16th Century. A ferocious attack by French privateer Jacques de Sores prompted provincial Governor Pedro de Roca y Borja to order its construction in 1553. 
when ships arrived to the harbor they were saluted with cannon shots fired from the Punta Blanca battery. 
