Chilichonse Chimene Mukuyenera Kudziwa Ponena za Fort Fort, Greatest Fort
Mbiri Yakale
Mzinda wa Castillo de San Cristóbal (St. Christopher's Castle) uli pamalo okwera kwambiri a kumpoto chakum'maŵa kwa Old Juan Juan . Mzinda wa San Cristóbal unali wa zaka zoposa 200 (1765-1785), womwe unali wa zaka zoposa 200, watsopano kuposa Castillo San Felipe del Morro (womwe umatchedwa El Morro), womwe panopa unali ku Puerto Rico .
Komabe chinali chowonjezera chofunika ku chitetezo cha mzindawo. Pamene El Morro anali kuyendetsa sitimayo, San Cristóbal ankayang'anitsitsa dziko la kum'maŵa kwa Old San Juan. Kumanga mpanda umene unateteza mzindawo kuchokera ku nkhondo yapadziko lapansi unasintha kwambiri. Mu 1797, nsanjayi inathandiza kupambana ndi Sir Ralph Abercrombie.
Kuchokera ku malingaliro a zomangamanga, San Cristóbal ndi El Morro ndizinyumba, osati zolimbika, ngakhale kuti adagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri ya usilikali. Zolengedwa za San Cristóbal zinali zogwira mtima, ndipo zinatsatira chitsanzo chotchedwa "kuteteza-mozama." Nyumbayi ili ndi zigawo zingapo, mipanda iliyonse komanso yokhala ndi mipanda yolimba kwambiri kuti iwonongeke ndi kuchepetsa mdani nthawi imodzi, koma kangapo. Kuyendayenda mumzindawu lero kukuwonetsani zochitika zake zachilendo koma zothandiza.
Nkhondoyi yawona nkhondo yake. Ilo linathamangitsa nkhondo yoyamba ya Spanish ya nkhondo ya Spanish-American. Panthawi ya nkhondo yachiŵiri yapadziko lonse, a US anawonjezera nsanja ku makoma ake kunja.
Kupyolera mu zonsezi, zakhala zikuyesa mayesero a nthawi ndi nkhondo. Komabe, mu 1942, a US adapanga mabunkers ndi mabakiti a mapiritsi kumalo otetezeka, omwe amachokera ku chiyambi, ndipo mwatsoka akadakali maso lero.
Wofunika Kwambiri Wowona
Ulendo wa ku San Cristóbal umakupatsani mpata woyenda pamtunda umene mungathe kuyang'ana pamphepete mwachitsulo pa sitima zoyendetsa sitimayo ku San Juan Bay , kapena ku El Morro kum'mawa kwa mzinda wakale.
Mukhoza kulowa mkati mwa Garita , kapena kutumiza bokosi, ndikuyang'ana pamwamba pa madzi. Ndipo inu mukhoza kuwona San Juan Yakule ikufalikira patsogolo panu.
Malo omwe akuphatikiza El Morro ndi San Cristobal amadziwika kuti malo a mbiri ya San Juan National Historic Site ndipo tsopano akugwira ntchito ndi National Park Service. Chikoka chokonzekera bajeti, kulowetsa pa webusaitiyi ndi $ 5, malingana ndi webusaiti ya Park Service, ndipo muli ndi mwayi wofufuza malo anu nokha kapena kupita paulendo wotsogozedwa. Ngati mutasankha chithandizochi, ndiye kuti mungakhale ndi mwayi wogwiritsira ntchito zida zazing'ono m'misasa ya msilikali, kuyendera ma tunnel m'munsimu, kapena kungodziwa zambiri zokhudza mbiri ya nyumbayi.
Nthawi yoyenera ya pakiyi imakhala kuyambira 9 koloko mpaka 6 koloko tsiku ndi tsiku ndipo imatsegulidwa kwa anthu onse chaka chonse, mvula kapena kuwala. Malingana ndi kuopsa kwa nyengo yoopsa, pakiyo ingatseke, kotero onetsetsani kuti webusaitiyi ikudziwiratu zambiri. Ana a misinkhu yonse amaloledwa, malinga ngati akuyenda ndi munthu wamkulu. Zinyama zimaloledwa chifukwa cha malo a mbiri yakale a San Juan, koma osati m'madera otetezedwa.