On 2nd February 2008, we visited the famous Castillo San Felipe del Morro in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was built as a fortress as a part of a massive defensive system by the Spaniards starting in 1539. The Spanish Empire was able to control access and commerce in and out with this fortress for over 250 years.The lighthouse on this picture was rebuilt in 1908 by the US Navy after shellfire from their warship damaged it during the Spanish-American war in 1898.
There are three flags fly over the fortress, the US flag, the Puerto Rican flag, and the old Spanish military flag, known as the Cross of Burgundy.
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