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Batería de la Reina

Coordinates: 23°08′31″N 82°22′17″W / 23.141832°N 82.371513°W / 23.141832; -82.371513
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Batería de la Reina
Batería de la Reina
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General information
StatusDemolished
TypeDefensive structure
Architectural styleFortress
LocationNext to Caleta de San Lazaro
Town or cityHavana
CountryCuba
Coordinates23°08′31″N 82°22′17″W / 23.141832°N 82.371513°W / 23.141832; -82.371513
Groundbreakingca. 1856
Estimated completion1661
Destroyedca. 1900
Dimensions
Diameter100 metres (330 ft)
Technical details
Structural systemLoad bearing
MaterialBrick
Floor count1
Known for44 pieces of artillery

Batería de la de la Reina, built between 1856 and 1861, was a colonial military defense fortress that had accommodations for a garrison of 250 men and 44 pieces of artillery. It was demolished in 1901. Its site was in the esplanade that today occupies the Antonio Maceo park.[1] The fort was a semi-circular building with a 44-gun battery facing the sea. Its fires intersected with those of the Santa Clara Battery and the “Castillo de la Punta”.[1]

Batería de La Reina.1 demolition, 1900
Showing the coral stone quarry adjacent to the Espada Cemetery in the Barrio de San Lázaro.
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  1. ^ a b "MALECON – BATERIA DE LA REINA". Facebook. Retrieved 2021-11-09.