Friday, January 30, 2009

Spanish Cannons, Guam

Spanish cannons at Fort Nuestra Senora de la Soledad, Guam, Mariana Islands.

The description of the location below was copied from Guam-online.com:

Fort Nuestra Senora de la Soledad was one of the last Spanish Forts constructed in the 19th Century in support of the Spanish Galleon trade. Sitting on the cliff just to the South of Umatac, Fort Soledad has a commanding view of the Bay and all Ocean approaches. The Fort was restored in 1995 and today the cannon of Fort Soledad still point out over the Pacific Ocean and Umatac Bay where Magellan landed in 1521 to make the first contact between Guam and the West.

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