Wednesday, March 4, 2015

In Puerto Rico. With More Fortifications. And a cemetery.

The smaller yet somewhat more impressive fort is San Felipe del Morro, on the very point of the island.  Leading up to it is a grassy greensward of a hill, obviously intended to leave invaders mercilessly exposed to the guns of the fort, but now a place for people to fly kites.  Fly kites, not martial banners.



Speaking of martial banners, the fort flies the flags of the US, Puerto Rico, and Philip the Handsome.  More people need to use descriptive epithets rather than surnames.


Overall, I found this fort much smaller and less interesting than the other fort , for all it was older, but it had nice guns.



And a mysterious little door.  

 One could also look out over the battlements at the town, or over the battlements the other way at the surf



 Right outside the old fort was a much newer cemetery. I do like cemeteries.









Next: Wandering about Old San Juan

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