Fortified house · Almería

Casa Fuerte de la Cruceta

Today: Casas Fuertes, Término municipal de Almería

Place: Almería
Kind: Fortified house
Built: 1773
What remains: Standing

A coastal stronghold finished in 1773 to house cavalry, the westernmost of those Carlos III had built to defend the east of Almería and the Cabo de Gata; it drew its water from the nearby Amoladeras well. The army left it in the 1830s; from 1857 it was a customs guard barracks, and from 1941 a Guardia Civil post.

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