Fuerte de Vieques | |
Location: | Calle del Fuerte Isabel Segunda Vieques, Puerto Rico |
Coordinates: | 18.1474°N -65.4391°W |
Map Alt: | Locator map |
Built: | 1845 |
Architecture: | Colonial, Spanish Colonial |
Added: | November 18, 1977 |
Refnum: | 77001552 |
Designated Other1 Name: | Puerto Rico Historic Sites and Zones |
Designated Other1 Color: |
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Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Designated Other1 Number: | 2000-(RE)-18-JP-SH |
Designated Other1 Abbr: | RNSZH |
Designated Other1 Date: | May 16, 2001 |
El Fortín Conde de Mirasol,[1] also known as Fuerte de Vieques, is a fort built in 1845 located in the town of Isabel Segunda in Vieques, an island municipality of Puerto Rico. In 1991, the fort was restored by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. The structure houses the Vieques Museum of Art and History and the Vieques Historic Archives, an extensive collection of documents related to the history of Vieques.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2001.[3]