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Ruins of Fort St. Barbara

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46: 481: 200: 172: 703: 708: 207: 179: 769: 313:, it was agreed that this defensive line would be destroyed. It was argued that this was necessary to prevent these fortifications from falling under French control. The main Spanish lines were destroyed by Colonel Sir 592: 587: 407: 530: 480: 435: 520: 515: 551: 400: 349: 45: 199: 745: 460: 646: 363: 450: 779: 393: 72: 171: 455: 263: 445: 774: 373: 677: 672: 566: 738: 597: 416: 241: 56: 607: 667: 784: 612: 314: 628: 602: 571: 326: 250: 109: 731: 651: 317:
on 14 February 1810. Following the main explosion other towers were destroyed and volunteers took away the rubble.
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In a later bilateral agreement between Spain and the UK when they agreed mutual support against
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of La Línea de la Concepción. The ruins were declared a national cultural interest of Spain (
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and the right to sell slaves to Spanish colonies. As a result, a defensive line (hence
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to Spain in order to keep the British from attacking or encroaching on Spain.
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This fort was just one part of a whole line of defence known as the
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force in 1704. The agreement to cede the isthmus was part of the
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Location of Ruins of the Fort of St. Barbara in Province of Cádiz
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Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Cádiz
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Nuestra Señora del Carmen (La Línea de la Concepción)
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Spanish

La Línea de la Concepción
Spain
36°09′37″N 5°20′20″W / 36.160218°N 5.338815°W / 36.160218; -5.338815
Spanish Cultural Heritage
Ruins of Fort St. Barbara is located in Province of Cádiz
Ruins of Fort St. Barbara is located in Spain
Spanish
La Línea de la Concepción
Spain
Bien de Interés Cultural
Lines of Contravallation of Gibraltar
Gibraltar
United Kingdom
captured
Anglo
Dutch
Treaty of Utrecht
Menorca
Gibraltar
Rock of Gibraltar
Napoleon
Charles Holloway
Spanish municipality
Bien de Interés Cultural


Fuerte de Santa Bárbara
Nelson's Refuge Gibraltar in the Age of Napoleon

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