Fuerte de Carchuna

Today: Fuerte de Carchuna, Carchuna (Motril)

Place: Motril
Kind: Fort
Built: c. 1777 to 1783
What remains: Standing

A fort that Carlos III had built on Carchuna beach against frequent pirate raids, in 1777 or in 1783 depending on the source: a rectangular enclosure with a horseshoe front to the north, semicircular towers and a large semicircular gun battery to the south. In the Civil War it was a Francoist prison, and in May 1938 a Republican raid freed some 300 prisoners.

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