Beautiful El Morro
by Karen Wiles
Title
Beautiful El Morro
Artist
Karen Wiles
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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BEAUTIFUL EL MORRO by KAREN WILES
In 1961, the United States Army officially retired from El Morro. The "fort" became a part of the National Park Service to be preserved as museums. In 1983, the Castillo and the city walls were declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations. In honor of the Quincentennial of the voyages of Columbus in 1992 the exterior esplanade was cleared of palm trees that had been planted by the U.S. Army in the Fort Brooke era, and restored to the open appearance this "field-of-fire" for El Morro's cannon would have had in colonial Spanish times. Parking lots and paved roads were also removed, and the El Morro lighthouse repaired and restored to its original appearance. El Morro was used as a film set in the 1996 motion picture Amistad. Steven Spielberg used it to represent a fort in Sierra Leone where African slaves were auctioned in 1839. African slave labor was used in addition to local labor to help build the castillo. El Morro was a defensive military fortification and a major component of San Juan's harbor defense system. Puerto Rico as such was considered by the Spanish crown as the "Key to the Antilles"; no enemy ship could navigate its waters without fear of capture.
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KAREN WILES
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU TO THE BUYER FROM SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO!!! I HOPE YOU ENJOY "BEAUTIFUL EL MORRO" FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO COME!!
KAREN WILES
CONGRTAULATIONS AND THANK YOU TO THE BUYER FROM CHICAGO, ILLINOIS!!! I HOPE YOU ENJOY "BEAUTIFUL EL MORRO" FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO COME!!!
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Judy Vincent
This image is being featured in the “Photography ONLY – Landscapes and Landmarks” group – one of the most active groups on Fine Art America featuring the best landscape photographers in the world! Congratulations on your excellent work!