Kuika Fortress Dates to 16th Century
Oyamba kukafika ku Old San Juan sangangobwera popanda kuyendera El Morro. Nkhondoyi ndi imodzi mwa nyumba zochititsa chidwi kwambiri pachilumbacho, zomwe zikuphatikizapo ntchito ya Puerto Rico monga woyang'anira Dziko Latsopano. Mukati mwa makoma amenewa, mumatha kuona mphamvu zodabwitsa izi zowonjezera, ndipo mungathe kuchitira umboni zaka pafupifupi 500 za mbiri ya nkhondo yomwe inayamba ndi anthu a ku Spain omwe adagonjetsa nkhondo ndipo adatha ndi nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse.
Mbiri ya El Morro
El Morro, yomwe inasankhidwa kukhala malo otchuka kwambiri padziko lonse a UNESCO mu 1983, ndi nyumba ya asilikali yokongola kwambiri ku Puerto Rico. Anthu a ku Spain anayamba ntchito yomanga mu 1539, ndipo panatenga zaka zoposa 200 kuti amalize. Nyanja imeneyi inachititsa kuti Sir Francis Drake, yemwe ali ku England, atseke nkhondo ya ku England, inachititsa kuti asilikali ake a ku England apulumuke. El Morro anagwera kamodzi, pamene Geroge Clifford, Earl wa Cumberland wa ku England, adalanda dzikolo mu 1598. Zothandiza zake zinapitiliza muzaka za zana la 20, pamene idagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi United States panthawi ya nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse kuti ione kayendetsedwe ka mayiko a German submarines ku Caribbean.
Kukacheza ku El Morro
Dzina lake lonse ndi El Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, koma amadziwikanso bwino monga El Morro, lomwe limatanthawuza kulamulira. Ulendowu unali wovuta kwambiri kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Old San Juan, ndipo nyumbayi inali yochititsa mantha kwambiri.
Tsopano El Morro ndi beacon yotsitsimula ndi ops ops: Anthu amabwera kuno kuti azisangalala, zamapikisano, ndi ntchentche; denga ladzaza ndi iwo tsiku loyera. (Mungathe kugula limodzi-iwo amatchedwa chiringas -ti malo osungirako pafupi.)
Muzitsatira m'mbuyo mwa mapazi a Cumberland pamene muwoloka munda waukulu wobiriwira kuti mukafike ku linga.
Ndi pang'ono chabe kuti mufike pamtunda, ndipo muyenera kukwera masitepe ndi kutsetsereka. Valani nsapato zabwino, gwiritsani ntchito sunscreen, ndipo mubweretse madzi otsekemera ziribe kanthu nthawi yomwe mumapita.
Mukafika ku nkhwangwa, mutengere nthawi yanu kuti mufufuze zomangamanga zake zogwira mtima. El Morro ili ndi mapiri asanu ndi limodzi, kuphatikizapo ndende, nyumba, misewu, ndi zipinda. Yendani pamphepete mwazitali zake, kumene nyangayi imayang'anizana ndi nyanja, ndikulowetsa m'magarita , kapena mabokosi, omwe ali chizindikiro cha Puerto Rico. Ma garita ndiwo malo apamwamba kuti mupeze malingaliro okongola a nyanja. Kuyang'ana kudutsa pa bayi, mudzawona chidziwitso china. Anatchedwa El Canuelo, yemwe anali mnzake wa El Morro pachilumbachi: Zombo zowonongeka ku Puerto Rico zikanadulidwa pang'onopang'ono.
Nyumba ziwiri zamakono zinawonjezeredwa ku El Morro pambuyo pa Puerto Rico anatumizidwa ku United States ndi Spain mu 1898 chifukwa cha nkhondo ya Spain ndi America. Nyumba yotentha, imene inakonzedweratu ndi US ku 1906 mpaka 1908, imaonekera mosiyana kwambiri ndi nyumba yonseyo. Panthaŵi ya nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse, asilikali a ku United States anawonjezera chipolowe china chotsutsana ndi anthu, ndipo anaika gulu la asilikali kumalo okwezeka.