Monument

Fuerte de Cabrerizas Altas

Spain Melilla bien de interés cultural
Fuerte de Cabrerizas Altas
Fuerte de Cabrerizas Altas · Wikipedia

About

The Fuerte de Cabrerizas Altas is an outer fort of the Spanish city of Melilla, a Bien de Interés Cultural that houses the Museum of La Legion.

It was built between May 1, 1890, and December 1, 1893, to protect the road to Cabrerizas.

It is a neo-medieval style fort, with a polygonal plan with three rectilinear fronts interrupted by two pentagonal bastions, located opposite each other, one in the southwest end and the other in the northeast end.

It offers a journey through the history of the corps, with special emphasis on everyday objects, photographs, flags, pennants, etc.

It offers a journey through the history of the corps, with special emphasis on everyday objects, photographs, flags, pennants, etc.