Defensive Architecture

SAN LEANDRO BATTERY

VIEW MAP

18th century fortification that is located next to the La Curra wharf. Its main mission was (in cooperation with the rest of the defence batteries of the port), to prevent enemy ships from entering.

It can be accessed through Escombreras valley road.

During the Civil War, on March 7th, 1939, two boats were seen from this battery, approaching the coast, being the closest one the "CASTILLO DE OLITE", which proceeded to the port and reached the harbour mouth, getting out of Parajola battery line of fire; when it was about to enter the port, from a small cannon in San Leandro battery, a shot was made, the boat turned round to go out to sea and in doing so she entered in the line of fire of Parajola, being finally sunk by a direct hit from one of the 3 Vickers guns in Parajola battery.

NON VISITABLE


This Cookie Policy applies to all websites of the Cartagena City Council, accessible within the cartagena.es domain. First-party and third-party cookies are used for the technical purpose of website operation. Exceptionally, the Tourism and Cartagena Puerto de Culturas websites also use analytics cookies (Google Analytics) to analyze traffic and improve marketing campaigns. For more detailed information about the cookies we use, their purpose, and how you can configure or reject them, click the Configure button.