The Fuerte de la Concepción ( en, Fort of the Conception) was a
Spanish
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military fortress guarding the port and town of
Aguadilla
Aguadilla (, ), founded in 1775 by Luis de Córdova, is a city and municipality located in the northwestern tip of Puerto Rico, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, north of Aguada, and Moca and west of Isabela. Aguadilla is s ...
,
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...
, in the 18th and 19th centuries.
[.] In 1986, the fort's single surviving building was listed on the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places
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See also
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Fuerte de San José
Fuerte de San José, also known as Fuerte de la Playa de Ponce, was an 18th-through-19th-century Spanish fortress located in Barrio Playa in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It was part of a three-fort system design to defend the Port of ...
Notes
References
External links
Blog post about the fort
Forts in Puerto Rico
National Register of Historic Places in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Forts on the National Register of Historic Places
1880 establishments in Puerto Rico
Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico
Government buildings completed in 1880
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