Fort · Jaca

Castillo de San Pedro

Today: Ciudadela de Jaca, Jaca

Place: Jaca
Kind: Fort
Built: 1592 to 1679
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

A five-pointed fortress of Italian design that Felipe II ordered built at the end of 1592 outside the town walls, the work of the engineer Tiburzio Spannocchi, to watch the passes into France; it was called the Castillo de San Pedro until the 19th century. The moat, the five bastions, the Baroque gate of 1613 and the chapel of 1679 survive almost intact. One pavilion now houses the Museum of Military Miniatures.

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