{"id":1550,"date":"2020-10-16T08:52:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T06:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/castillitos\/"},"modified":"2023-04-28T09:14:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T07:14:09","slug":"castillitos-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/en\/castillitos-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Castillitos: an abandoned medieval style Artillery Battery over the sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1550\" class=\"elementor elementor-1550 elementor-1536\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7230ab30 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7230ab30\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73733771\" data-id=\"73733771\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3382779f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3382779f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Castillitos Artillery battery is located in Cabo Ti\u00f1oso, about 20 minutes from\u00a0<strong>Puerto de Mazarr\u00f3n<\/strong>, in a strategic location that allowed it to control and defend the entire bay of Cartagena and, today, allows us to enjoy breathtaking views over all the natural area of the\u00a0<strong>Sierra de la Muela, Cabo Ti\u00f1oso and Rold\u00e1n<\/strong>\u00a0and its coast, where the Cabo Ti\u00f1oso Marine Reserve is located.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f393019 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f393019\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/castillitos-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1280\" alt=\"Castillitos mazarr\u00f3n\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/castillitos-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/castillitos-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/castillitos-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/castillitos-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/castillitos-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44073a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44073a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Histor<\/strong>y<\/h2>\r\nThis military fortification was projected within the Primo de Rivera Defense Plan and finally\u00a0<strong>built between 1933 and 1936.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe buildings of the fortification are built recreating a medieval style, hence it is popularly known as Castillitos since the aesthetics and its crenellated towers remind of a medieval castle. It is built with materials of color and texture that allow it to blend in with its surroundings, in addition to being embedded in the mountain, which makes it quite difficult to recognize from afar, especially from the sea. A clear strategic advantage when talking about a military base.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4bc8c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d4bc8c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cartel-informativo-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1278\" alt=\"Cartel informativo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cartel-informativo-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cartel-informativo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cartel-informativo-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cartel-informativo-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cartel-informativo-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-372ef52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"372ef52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In order to defend the Cartagena coastline,\u00a0<strong>it was equipped with two 38\u20191 Vickers guns, model 1926, manufactured in Sheffield<\/strong>\u00a0(England). Two cannons of enormous dimensions that are still in quite good condition.\u00a0<strong>These cannons could fire a projectile of almost one ton (about 885 kg of steel) up to 35 km away.<\/strong>\u00a0As an interesting fact, the only time they were fired in military combat was in 1937, just after the beginning of the civil war. While Cartagena\u2019s navy was still under the command of the Republic, they dissuaded the attack of three cruisers of the nationalist side that were intimidated by the power of the defensive armament.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a5d025 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1a5d025\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/canon-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1276\" alt=\"ca\u00f1\u00f3n bater\u00eda mazarr\u00f3n\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/canon-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/canon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/canon-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/canon-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/canon-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c8a685 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c8a685\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe military base was abandoned by the Armed Forces in 1994. In 1<strong>997 it was declared a Cultural Interest Heritage and in 2009 was restored<\/strong>\u00a0for the enjoyment of all visitors.\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What to do in Castillitos?<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nThe battery of Castillitos\u00a0<strong>can be visited for free<\/strong>. Since it is outdoors, is\u00a0<strong>open to any visitor at any time<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nYou can<strong>\u00a0walk around the fortification<\/strong>\u00a0enjoying the spectacular views over the sea and the bay of Cartagena, a place surrounded by mountains, cliffs and small coves until your eyes reach the city with its large port. On the sea, in front of Cabo Ti\u00f1oso, there are usually large cargo ships waiting their turn to enter the port of Cartagena.\r\n\r\nIn the esplanade are<strong>\u00a0the two large canyons<\/strong>, recently restored and easily accessible to visitors. Taking pictures with these spectacular guns is one of the main attractions. In spite of being obsolete weapons at present, they continue impressing visitors given their size and their particular surrounding.\r\n\r\nYou can also\u00a0<strong>access the interior of the buildings and constructions<\/strong>\u00a0(be careful, some of them are ruins) and wander through their corridors and rooms, as well as\u00a0<strong>access the watchtowers\u00a0<\/strong>and observe the views that whoever was in charge of watching the coast had a few years ago. You can have a good time exploring around and discovering interesting places. For example, there are some stairs that go down through a tunnel in the mountain to a guard post in the middle of the cliff.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-12e0081 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12e0081\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f38145e\" data-id=\"f38145e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1805ab6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1805ab6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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data-id=\"6ec9062\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57a2b58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57a2b58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/info-naval-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1272\" alt=\"Info naval mazarr\u00f3n\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/info-naval-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/info-naval-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/info-naval-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/info-naval-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/info-naval-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9989d05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9989d05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<em>Information about war ships on the walls of a watch tower<\/em>\r\n\r\nAdvancing a little towards the end of the cape, at about 700 meters, you will find the\u00a0<strong>Bater\u00eda del Jorel<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0also equipped with three cannons<\/strong>\u00a0in quite a good state of conservation which, although they are smaller than those of Castillitos, are equally interesting to visit and enjoy the views over the Mediterranean.\r\n<h3>A lot of hiking trails around<\/h3>\r\nIf you like to walk or want to take a longer excursion, you can take one of the trails in the area and explore the surrounding natural area and even get to a hidden small beach, such as Cala Salitrona.\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-4\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\r\n\r\nThe sunsets from the top of Cabo Ti\u00f1oso, in Castillitos, are also beautiful, it is worth it if you are there to stop a little longer to contemplate them.\r\n\r\nIf you are planning to spend the day, I would recommend you to bring food and water, as there are not any kind of services in the area.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40966b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40966b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/atardecer-canon-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1270\" alt=\"Atardecer ca\u00f1\u00f3n bater\u00eda mazarr\u00f3n\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/atardecer-canon-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/atardecer-canon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/atardecer-canon-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/atardecer-canon-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/atardecer-canon-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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You have to drive carefully as there are usually some vehicles going up or down, as well as cyclists and walkers and the road is quite narrow at some points. The views along the way are also very beautiful. There is a small parking spot just 100 meters from the battery.\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0;\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d6703.511567103529!2d-1.123578962878898!3d37.54007460729889!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0xd635b9264518a87%3A0xb30d1d1890c28652!2sBater%C3%ADa%20de%20Castillitos!5e0!3m2!1ses!2ses!4v1602837556946!5m2!1ses!2ses\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" aria-hidden=\"false\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Castillitos Artillery battery is located in Cabo Ti\u00f1oso, about 20 minutes from\u00a0Puerto de Mazarr\u00f3n, in a strategic location that allowed it to control and defend the entire bay of Cartagena and, today, allows us to enjoy breathtaking views over all the natural area of the\u00a0Sierra de la Muela, Cabo Ti\u00f1oso and Rold\u00e1n\u00a0and its coast, where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1550"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2575,"href":"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550\/revisions\/2575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sosiegomar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}