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.Photo: Yastgo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Batería de Urrutia and Batería de Aspiroz.
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 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 770 metres north of Batería de San Genís.
Castle of Sancti Petri
Castle
Photo: Liki Fumei, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Castle of Sancti Petri is situated 1½ km south of Batería de San Genís.
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.
Chiclana de la Frontera
Town
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, San… Chiclana de la Frontera is situated 7 km northeast of Batería de San Genís.
Batería de San Genís
- Type: Bunker
- Also known as: “Batería de la Barca” and “Bateria de San Genis”
- Categories: fortress, building, historic site, and military installation
- Location: San Fernando, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
36.39456° or 36° 23′ 40″ northLongitude
-6.21415° or 6° 12′ 51″ westOpen location code
8C8M9QVP+R8OpenStreetMap ID
node 2323178936OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunkerWikidata ID
Q3276637
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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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