Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Rosas

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Town on the Gulf of Roses with its fortress

Rosas, a town on the gulf that had to be defended from pirates and the French, received a fortress from Charles I that was besieged and reworked in 1645 to 1659 and 1794 to 1795. After the siege of 1645 and the destruction of the medieval town, which stood inside the enclosure, a suburb grew outside the walls, and in 1796 the new parish church of Santa María was consecrated there. In February 1813 the Napoleonic army blew up part of the citadel.

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Ciudadela de Rosas: Fort, c. 1543 to 1659

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