My visit to the San Antonio de la Eminencia Castle

virgilio07 in Architecture+Design • 10 months ago

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Hello design and architecture loving community. On this occasion I share with you my visit to the Castillo de Cumaná, Venezuela.
It is an architectural work with great stories that deserve to be told.
It is worth mentioning that when we arrived at the place we were attended by the local guide who gave us a tour around the castle and gave us very interesting information about this great work of art.

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This castle was rebuilt with the last earthquake in Cumaná, on January 17, 1929. This castle differs from the other castles that the Spanish built in Venezuela, because the others had the bedrooms in the basement while in this castle they are in the upper part. That earthquake also destroyed a tunnel that went from this castle to another castle that was near the site.

This castle is known as San Antonio de la Eminencia, it is 64 years old and was built in order to defend the city from pirate attacks.
When the two castles were built, Cumana was from the church to the back of a hamlet with tile roofs. As a curious fact the sea reached to where the Metropolitan Cathedral church is located.

Between 1728 and 1929 the city of Cumaná suffered three strong earthquakes that pushed the sea away. With the frequent earthquakes the land was rising and the sea retreating and part of the city was below sea level.

According to the information provided, it took the Spaniards 17 years of work to build the castle and the material they used was stones brought from the Araya peninsula. They are marine stones with corals emerged from the earthquake because when they built the castle there was no cement, they glued the stones with a white material known as calicanto, a combination of lime, sand, cattle blood, animal manure, aloe vera and water. They joined the materials and made the dough to glue the stones and bricks.
At the top we find a wall that is the remains of the dormitory where the German scientist Alexander Humboldt lived. General Santiago Mariño and General José Francisco Bermúdez also lived there.
Among the firearms that were in the castle we have the bombardas and the culebrinas that are the longest.

The architectural feature of the castle is that the wall is shaped like a four-pointed star, each point goes to a cardinal point and, at each point, a sentry box, east sentry box, north sentry box ... The spaces are called battlements where the cannons are placed, there was also a place to keep the gunpowder, this place had to be wet enough to avoid risks. Something that caught my attention on the tour and I did not hesitate to ask the guide was the presence of lions under the sentry boxes and at the tips of the castle. He told me that it was a symbol representing the power of Spain over its colonies in America. They were like a kind of shield. It was a very exciting day, with an inclement sun but very fun and educational thanks to all the information given by the man in charge of the talks and guide of the place.

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maitt87 10 months ago

I love these places because they hold so much history. In this post you share with us I really liked to know the mixture they used to glue the stones, it is something quite creative.

I had the opportunity to visit the Fortín de la Galera in Margarita and listen to its history, which in this case is always told through a song by the children who are in the surroundings.

I really liked your photos. Excellent post.

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maytom 10 months ago

from here the view is very beautiful. but I can't imagine the hot weather from here @virgilio07

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virgilio07 10 months ago

Hello, the heat here is intense every day because we live in a coastal area, but now the heat has intensified it is something horrible.

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