Parque de Artillería, Peniscola
At the Northern tip of the Peninsula is the most powerful fortress fortification. Batteries Santa Maria, Oblivion, Santiago, San Fernando, Calvario. they covered the Northern banks, as well as access from the side of the sandy isthmus connecting the fortress with the land. Now
this system of bastions has been turned into a Botanical garden, where
palm trees, olives and other plants are planted, and is called the Artillery Park (Parque de Artillería on the map).
The
fortifications were built at the end of the 16th century on the
instructions of king Felipe II, supervised the construction of batteries
by the famous Italian fortifier Juan Antonelli (Juan Bautista
Antonelli). The bastions include both the upper wide platforms,
where it was possible to quickly move the guns for firing in different
directions, and casemates with powerful arches that protected the
artillery supplies from enemy fire.
![Peniscola. An artillery Park. Parque de Artillería. Peniscola Peniscola. An artillery Park. Parque de Artillería. Peniscola](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/9829/26384437.322/0_c9cbd_138d8a3f_XXL.jpg)
I didn't know how to get in that door...
![Peniscola, the old town. Peniscola, Old Town Peniscola, the old town. Peniscola, Old Town](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/9755/26384437.322/0_c9cbf_9251896a_XXL.jpg)