Fuerte de la Concepción | |
Location: | Calle Agustín Stahl Aguadilla, Puerto Rico |
Coordinates: | 18.436°N -67.1559°W |
Map Alt: | Locator map |
Built: | 1880 |
Architect: | Spanish Royal Engineers Corps |
Added: | April 3, 1986 |
Refnum: | 86000703 |
Nocat: | yes |
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-(RO)-19-JP-SH |
Designated Other1 Abbr: | RNSZH |
Designated Other1 Date: | December 21, 2000 |
The Fuerte de la Concepción (English: Fort of the Conception) was a Spanish military fortress guarding the port and town of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, in the 18th and 19th centuries.[1] In 1986, the fort's single surviving building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places,[2] and later on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.[3]