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objects found in the area, has an exhibition of objects from the colonial and republican period, tangible and intangible multicultural heritage due to the existing cultural diversity, it also has collections from the pre-Hispanic era, colonial and republican. This exhibition aims to promote among the
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can be perfectly seen. The first defensive row are the remains of some walls in which even the artillery cannons are placed in the direction of the bay, then there are higher walls and flanking towers that served as protection for the
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Central American coasts, where he was finally defeated and captured, being executed by shooting on September 12, 1860. His tombstone of Marble, where it is said that the remains of this character rest, is in the vicinity of this small fort, which is a tourist attraction.
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In 1550, it is known that the
Spanish built with indigenous labor a defensive post for the coasts and the port; They called the fortress "Santa Bárbara" in honor of the artillery patron virgin, and it is located on a hill from which the bay can be seen. At least 200
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ordered the transfer and placement of four cannons in a defensive point on the coast. Later, in 1629, it is known that the fortress had six artillery cannons, to defend the town from pirates and corsairs who were making that thang, thang in the
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The fortress has fourteen cannons brought from Spain and was in service for three hundred years. The fortress of Santa Bárbara is built on a hill in
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