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Santa María de La Cabeza castle
Cumaná, Venezuela
Outside walls of the Santa María de La Cabeza castle
TypeFortress
Site information
Controlled byState government
Open to
the public
yes
ConditionDestroyed
Site history
Builtc. ???? (????)

Description

The Santa María de La Cabeza castle is a fortress built as a replacement of the San Antonio de la Eminencia castle in he city of Cumaná, and its contruction was ordered by Sancho Fernando de Angulo y Sandoval, governor of the Province of Cumaná c. 1669-73.[1] The structure was built around 400 metres (1,300 ft) from the San Antonio castle, and next to the St. Agne's Church. Located at the center of the city over a small hill that overlooks its surroundings, it has a squared shape with bastions at the corners[2] designed by Angulo y Sandoval.[3] The castle was described as having a low defensive power.[4]

Origins

A seventeenth century depiction of Cumaná by Luis Daniel Beauperthuy Urich

Don Sancho Fernando de Angulo y Sandoval started, without proper authorization nor prior favorable opinion from the war council, the construction of a new fortress under the excuse that the fort of San Antonio did not cover the expected requirements; he considered that due to its location at the top of a hill, far from the city and the coast, as well as the lack of proper water supply, the San Antonio castle was not suitable for defense.[3]

The governor claimed that under these disadvantages, along with the lack of accommodation facilities for the soldiers, the bulding was rendered unable to resist prolongated sieges.[3] Unlike its predecessor Urtarte, who requested economical support to supply and improve San Antonio's condition, Angulo y Sandoval decided to build a new castle more prepared to defend the city than the two existing fortifications. The resulting fortress was entitled Santa María de la Cabeza; the governor then requested the demolition of the older two structures as inoperative.[3]

History

On 4 May 1684, an earthquake devastated the city, then located at the foot of the San Francisco hill. The effects of this earthquake are recounted in several items of correspondence sent to the King of Spain, and collected in an documentary investigation completed by J. Grases (1979).[5][6] The quake had destructive effects on the Santa Maria castle, which was severely damaged.[3]

Sources

  • "Castillo Santa Maria de la Cabeza" (in Spanish). Oriente Web. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  • Oropeza, Ana Teresa (6 July 2008). "La cámara viajera de Henrique Avril". Diario de Sucre (in Spanish). Centro UNESCO Amigos de la Herencia Cultural del Estado Sucre. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  • "Cumaná, Estado Sucre". Disfrute Venezuela (in Spanish). Portales Turísticos de Venezuela. Retrieved 7 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  • Redacción (7 January 2006). "14 de Diciembre" (in Spanish). En Oriente. Retrieved 7 January 2013.

References

  1. ^ Arellano, Fernando (1988). El Arte Hispanoamericano (in Spanish). Universidad Catolica Andres. p. 237. ISBN 9789802440177. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  2. ^ de Alcedo, Antonio (1786). Diccionario geográfico-histórico de las Indias Occidentales ó América (in Spanish). Imprenta de Benito Cano. p. 722. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Fortaleza de San Antonio de la Eminencia". CorsoTur. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  4. ^ Luis Navarro García, Luis Suárez Fernández (1983). Historia general de España y América (in Spanish). Vol. 11. Ediciones Rialp. p. 113. ISBN 9788432121074. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  5. ^ Grases, J (1979). "Investigaciones sobre los sismos destructores que han afectado el Oriente de Venezuela". Instituto Tecnológico del Petróleo.
  6. ^ Beauperthuy Urich, Luis Daniel (December 2006). "Análisis histórico de las amenazas sísmicas y geológicas de la ciudad de Cumaná, Venezuela". Revista de la Facultad de Ingeniería. Universidad Central de Venezuela. p. 113-15. ISSN 0798-4065. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)