Batería de Aspiroz
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 Cadiz, and is part of the whole defensive system of bastions and batteries that…| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bunker
- Description: battery in San Fernando, Spain
- Also known as: “Bateria Aspiroz” and “Bateria de Aspiroz”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Batería de Urrutia and Batería de San Genís.
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 260 metres south of Batería de Aspiroz.
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 770 metres south of Batería de Aspiroz.
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 2½ km south of Batería de Aspiroz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Punta del Boquerón and Chiclana de la Frontera.
Chiclana de la Frontera
Town
Photo: Walzack, CC BY-SA 3.0 es.
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 6 km east of Batería de Aspiroz.
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.
Batería de Aspiroz
- Categories: fortress, building, historic site, and military installation
- Location: San Fernando, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.40135° or 36° 24′ 5″ northLongitude
-6.21223° or 6° 12′ 44″ westOpen location code
8C8MCQ2Q+G4OpenStreetMap ID
node 4594765798OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunkerWikidata ID
Q3277313
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Batería de Aspiroz” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Batería de Aspiroz”
- Dutch: “Batería de Aspiroz”
- French: “Batería de Aspiroz”
- Galician: “Batería de Aspiroz”
- German: “Batería de Aspiroz”
- Spanish: “Bateria de Aspiroz”
- Spanish: “Batería de Aspiroz”
- Spanish: “Batería de San Melitón”
- Spanish: “Frente Defensivo de Sancti Petri”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Puerto Deportivo de Sancti Petri and Escuela de Vela Zaida.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 Aspiroz”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.