Patio de la cortadura o foso seco. Esta explanada, que se encuentra entre el muro de las argollas y la cortadura de San Fernando, fue un foso sin agua cuya función era servir de protección en caso de invasión y ataques extranjeros. Hacia esta dirección daban las aspilleras de las bóvedas que conformaban la cortadura de San Fernando, la cual estaba provista de dieciséis cañones., Durante la última década del siglo XIX, el Fuerte de San Juan de Ulúa fue adaptado para funcionar como "Arsenal Nacional Tres", por lo que fue sometido a numerosas modificaciones arquitectónicas. Una de ellas consistió en tapar el foso, convirtiéndose en una nave industrial comunicada con la "puerta del mar" - que también fue abierta en esta época - y con el espacio de la cortadura de San Fernando, en donde estaban ubicados los talleres del arsenal. , English translation:
Patio of the Curtain or Dry Moat. This patio, located between the Wall of the Rings and the Curtain of San Fernando, originally was a moat without water whose function was to serve as additional protection in case of invasion and foreign attacks. The vaults of the Curtain of San Fernando were equipped with sixteen guns that could fire from loopholes that looked out onto the patio. During the last decade of the nineteenth century, the Fort of San Juan de Ulúa was adapted to function as "National Arsenal Three", therefore it was submitted to numerous architectural modifications. One of them was to cover the moat, which became an industrial area that opened up to the "Gate of the Sea" - which was also opened at this time - and with the area of the Curtain of San Fernando, where arsenal’s workshops were located.
Patio de la cortadura o foso seco
Esta explanada, que se encuentra entre el muro de las argollas y la cortadura de San Fernando, fue un foso sin agua cuya función era servir de protección en caso de invasión y ataques extranjeros. Hacia esta dirección daban las aspilleras de las bóvedas que conformaban la cortadura de
San Fernando, la cual estaba provista de dieciséis cañones.
Durante la última década del siglo XIX, el Fuerte de San Juan de Ulúa fue adaptado para funcionar como "Arsenal Nacional Tres", por lo que fue sometido a numerosas modificaciones arquitectónicas. Una de ellas consistió en tapar el foso, convirtiéndose en una nave industrial comunicada con la "puerta del mar" - que también fue abierta en esta época - y con el espacio de la cortadura de San Fernando, en donde estaban ubicados los talleres del arsenal.
English translation:
Patio of the Curtain or Dry Moat
This patio, located between the Wall of the Rings and the Curtain of San Fernando, originally was a moat without water whose function was to serve as additional protection in case of invasion and foreign attacks. The vaults of the Curtain of San Fernando were equipped with sixteen guns that could fire from loopholes that looked out onto the patio.
During the last decade of the nineteenth
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century, the Fort of San Juan de Ulúa was adapted to function as "National Arsenal Three", therefore it was submitted to numerous architectural modifications. One of them was to cover the moat, which became an industrial area that opened up to the "Gate of the Sea" - which was also opened at this time - and with the area of the Curtain of San Fernando, where arsenal’s workshops were located.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Forts and Castles.
Location. 19° 12.565′ N, 96° 7.91′ W. Marker is in Veracruz. The marker is located roughly in the southwestern part of Fort San Juan de Ulúa, on the northern edge of the patio. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Veracruz 91700, Mexico. Touch for directions.
In this view towards the southeast, the marker is to the left. The patio is also seen here, between the Curtain of San Fernando to the left and the Gate to the Sea to the right.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, March 23, 2017
3. A nearby additional marker on a Mexican government meeting in 1980
En este sitio se efectuo la III reunion de la republica. "…No es la vigencia de la imperial la que habra de resolver el problema de la unidad del mundo, es la subscripcion libre y soberana de las naciones constituidas." Lic. Jose Lopez Portillo Presidente Constitucional de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos San Juan de Ulua, Ver., a 5 de febrero de 1980.
English translation:
In this site was held the III Reunion of the Republic. "... It is not the validity of the imperial that will solve the problem of unity in the world, it is the free and sovereign subscription to the constituted nations." José López Portillo Constitutional President of the United Mexican States San Juan de Ulúa, Veracruz, February 5, 1980.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 10, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 171 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on June 10, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. 3. submitted on June 11, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
