Castle of Sancti Petri
The Castle of Sancti Petri is a stronghold located in San Fernando, Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, southwestern Spain. Situated on the little island of Sancti Petri, the defensive fortification was once one of a series of forts that protected the inlet, Caño de Sancti Petri.Photo: Liki Fumei, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: historic site in San Fernando, Spain
- Also known as: “Castillo de Sancti Petri”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Batería de San Genís and Batería de Urrutia.
Batería de San Genís
Bunker
Photo: Yastgo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Batería de San Genís is a battery located in San Fernando in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. It is part of the whole defensive system of bastions and batteries that protected the southern entrance of Islote de Sancti Petri in the early nineteenth century along with the Castillo de Sancti Petri and two batteries, Batería de Aspiroz and Batería de Urrutia. Batería de San Genís is situated 530 metres west of Castle of Sancti Petri.
Batería de Urrutia
Bunker
Photo: Yastgo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Batería de Urrutia is a battery located in San Fernando in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. It is part of the whole defensive system of bastions and batteries that protected the southern entrance of Islote de Sancti Petri in the early nineteenth century along with the Castillo de Sancti Petri and two batteries, Batería de Aspiroz and Batería de San Genís. Batería de Urrutia is situated 590 metres northwest of Castle of Sancti Petri.
Batería de Aspiroz
Bunker
Batería de Aspiroz is a battery located in San Fernando in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. It is a small defensive fortification that was used during the Siege of Cádiz, and is part of the whole defensive system of bastions and batteries that… Batería de Aspiroz is situated 1 km northwest of Castle of Sancti Petri.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Punta del Boquerón and Novo Sancti Petri.
Novo Sancti Petri
Photo: Martin Haisch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Novo Sancti Petri is a district of Chiclana de la Frontera. It is one of the largest seaside resorts on the Costa de la Luz with over 20 hotels of different sizes.
Castle of Sancti Petri
- Categories: tower, archaeological site, prison, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Castle of Sancti Petri” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Castillo de Sancti Petri”
- Cebuano: “Castillo de Sancti Petri”
- French: “château de Sancti Petri”
- French: “Château de Sancti Petri”
- Galician: “Castillo de Sancti Petri”
- German: “Castillo de Sancti Petri”
- Spanish: “Castillo de sancti petri”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Sancti Petri”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Sancti-Petri”
- Spanish: “Frente Defensivo de Sancti Petri”
- Swedish: “Castillo de Sancti Petri”
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