Battery · Ferrol

Batería de Punta Viñas

Today: Batería de Punta Viñas, O Pieiro

Place: Ferrol
Kind: Battery
Built: 1739 to 1762
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The coastal fort that guarded the northern end of the Ferrol estuary, built in 1739 and enlarged in 1747, 1755 and 1762 by the engineers Juan de la Ferriere, Juan Vergel and Miguel Hermosilla, with room for 15 guns facing the sea. In 1994 it was taken down for the works of the outer port and raised again, stone by stone, between 2001 and 2006, 700 metres from its original site, on Cabo Prioriño Chico. It is open to the public.

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