Batería de San Genís
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Batería de Urrutia and Batería de Aspiroz.
Batería de Urrutia
Bunker
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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 520 metres north of Batería de San Genís.
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 780 metres north of Batería de San Genís.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Punta del Boquerón and Novo Sancti Petri.
Novo Sancti Petri
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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.
Chiclana de la Frontera
Town
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Chiclana de la Frontera is a town and municipality in southwest Spain, in the province of Cádiz, Andalucía, near the Gulf of Cádiz. It belongs to the association of municipalities of the Bay of Cádiz, the provincial capital of Cádiz, Jerez de la Frontera… Chiclana de la Frontera is situated 7 km northeast of Batería de San Genís.
Batería de San Genís
- Type: Historical site
- Also known as: “Batería de la Barca” and “Bateria de San Genis”
- Categories: fortress, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: San Fernando, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Batería de San Genís” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Batería de la Barca”
- Dutch: “Batería de San Genís”
- French: “Batería de la Barca”
- Galician: “Batería de la Barca”
- German: “Batería de la Barca”
- Spanish: “Batería de la Barca”
- Spanish: “Bateria de San Genis”
- Spanish: “Bateria de San Genís”
- Spanish: “Batería de San Genís”
- Spanish: “Batería de Sangenís”
- Spanish: “Frente Defensivo de Sancti Petri”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Batería de San Genís”. Photo: Yastgo, CC BY-SA 4.0.