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| Keywords: Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Havana, Cuba LCCN2010638665.tif 1 photograph digital TIFF file color Notes Gift; Carol M Highsmith; 2010; DLC/PP-2010 089 ; Title date subject note and keywords provided by the photographer ; Forms part of the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Credit line The Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; After Havana was destroyed in 1555 by the French pirate Jacques de Sores the Spanish Crown built a more solid fortress to replace the original ineffectual tower known as La Fuezza Vieja In 1558 they began work on Castillo de la Real Fuerza It was completed in 1577 There is a moat that surrounds the fortress and a drawbridge leading the to main building It was restored in 1963 and is a museum 2010 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2010638665 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/06000/06057a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 06057 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 06057 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||