Battista Antonelli

San Felipe de Barajas Fortress, Cartagena, Colombia
San Pedro de la Roca Fortress in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Castillo San Felipe del Morro, fortress in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

Battista Antonelli (or Bautista) (1547–1616) was a military engineer from a prestigious Italian family of military engineers in the service of the Habsburg monarchs of Austria and Spain. He is credited with designing fortresses in Spanish colonial cities in the Caribbean, including Cartagena de Indias in Colombia, Havana in Cuba, and San Juan Bautista in Puerto Rico.


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