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Castillo de Santa Rosa

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Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
Castillo de Santa Rosa
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Tuesday11am - 5pm
Wednesday11am - 5pm
Thursday11am - 5pm
Friday11am - 5pm
SaturdayClosed


Santa Rosa de la Eminencia castle is a colonial castle built in the seventeenth century by the Spanish monarchy on Margarita Island, Venezuela. After a group of French pirates attacked the city of La Asunción, its construction started on 24 March 1677 by order of governor Juan Muñoz de Gadea, and it was finished c. 1683. The structure comprises three defensive fronts, each one with two bastions, two half bastions and three curtains, and is positioned at the top of a hill that overlooks the city The castle served as a prison for war heroine Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi between November 1815 and January 1816. She was held captive by the Spanish forces on an attempt to bow down her husband, Juan Bautista Arismendi, who was the chief of the patriotic forces on the island. Simón Bolívar's arrival to the island prompted the partial destruction and abandonment of the fort in May 1816. By 1899, the facility serviced as headquarters, and later as quarters for the National Army. It was declared as a National Monument in 1965.
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