Batería de la Reina

Batería de la Reina
Batería de la Reina
General information
Status	Demolished
Type	Defensive structure
Architectural style	Fortress
Location	Next to Caleta de San Lazaro
Town or city	Havana
Country	Cuba
Coordinates	23°08′31″N 82°22′17″W / 23.141832°N 82.371513°W / 23.141832; -82.371513
Groundbreaking	ca. 1856
Estimated completion	1661
Destroyed	ca. 1900
Dimensions
Diameter	100 metres (330 ft)
Technical details
Structural system	Load bearing
Material	Brick
Floor count	1
Known for	44 pieces of artillery

Batería de la de la Reina, built between 1856 and 1861, was a colonial military defense fortress that had accommodations for a garrison of 250 men and 44 pieces of artillery. It was demolished in 1901. Its site was in the esplanade that today occupies the Antonio Maceo park.^[1] The fort was a semi-circular building with a 44-gun battery facing the sea. Its fires intersected with those of the Santa Clara Battery and the “Castillo de la Punta”.^[1]

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  Map of the Caleta de San Lazaro showing the Batería de la Reina.
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  Batería de la Reina.4 demolition.
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  Batería de la Reina
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  Batería de la Reina.2 demolition.
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  Batería de la Reina.3 demolition.

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