Sky Photograph - Bartizan of the Caribbean by Sandra Pena de Ortiz

Bartizan of the Caribbean is a photograph by Sandra Pena de Ortiz which was uploaded on February 18th, 2013.

Bartizan of the Caribbean

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by Sandra Pena de Ortiz

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Title

Bartizan of the Caribbean

Artist

Sandra Pena de Ortiz

Medium

Photograph - Canvas

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A photograph taken during a pleasant afternoon with areally blue sky and wonderful clouds at the city of Old San Juan. This photograph was taken with a Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG Macro Tele Zoom Lens for Canon EOS Cameras, specifically using my Canon DSLR camera. The power of this lens is manifest in the fact that I took the photo from a high point near the "Plaza de Centenario" 220m away from the view that you are seeing of the most famous garita in Puerto Rico and in the Caribbean. Even a kite is seen flying next to it. a common site because this is a typical pass time for locals and tourists. The "garitas", or bartizans, guerites, are generally overhanging, wall-mounted turrets projecting from the walls of medieval fortifications in this case at many sites throughout the fortified wall of the city of Old San Juan. The garitas provided protection for guards who watched over the city. Their long, narrow openings made it difficult for enemy gunfire to hit the targets inside. Actually, the posts are so short and compact that they can usually only accommodate soldiers no more than 5 feet tall. The garita has become a national symbol to Puerto Rico. There must be so many hidden histories, stories in time that we will never know within the walls and inner room of the garitas. The one in the photograph is main one at Castillo San Felipe del Morro also known as Fort San Felipe del Morro, which is a 16th-century citadel located in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is actually consider the Gibraltar of the Caribbean. Its strategic geographic location at the western edge of the Caribbean made San Juan one of the key frontier outposts of Spaniards West Indies dominions. The San Juan National Historic Site includes "El Castillo San Felipe del Morro" seen here. Lying on the northwestern-most point of the islet of Old San Juan, Castillo San Felipe del Morro is named in honor of King Philip II of Spain. The fortification, also referred to as el Morro (meaning the promontory), guarded the entrance to the San Juan Bay and was used to defend the Spanish colonial port city of San Juan from seaborne enemies. In 1983, the el Castillo was declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations in conjunction with the San Juan National Historic Site. More than two million visitors come yearly to explore the windswept ramparts and passageways making the castillo one of Puerto Rico's main visitor attractions.

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February 18th, 2013