Fuerte de la Concepción

Historic Spanish fortress in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

United States historic place


Fuerte de la Concepción^[a]
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The surviving structure of the fort in 2017
18°26′09″N 67°09′21″W / 18.435956°N 67.155882°W / 18.435956; -67.155882
Built	1880
Architect	Spanish Royal Engineers Corps
NRHP reference No.	86000703
Added to NRHP	April 3, 1986

The Fuerte de la Concepción (English: Fort of the Conception) was a Spanish military fortress guarding the port and town of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, in the 18th and 19th centuries.^[1] In 1986, the fort's single surviving building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.^[2]

Notes

^ Sources authoritative with regard to National Register listing parameters give different forms of the fort's name, including Fuerte de la Concepción from the fort's nomination form,^[1] Fuerte de la Concepcion from the official weekly announcement of National Register actions,^[2] and Fuerte de la Conception from the comprehensive National Register database.^[3] This article adopts the first of these, Fuerte de la Concepción, because it offers the most proper Spanish orthography.

References

^ ^a ^b Del Campo, Félix Julián; Acevedo, Joaquín (January 1986), National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Fuerte de la Concepción (Conception Fort) (PDF), retrieved January 18, 2016.
^ ^a ^b National Park Service (April 18, 1986), Weekly announcement of National Register of Historic Places actions (PDF), p. 48, retrieved January 18, 2016.
^ National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places: NPS Focus, retrieved January 18, 2016.