It was built between May 1, 1890, and December 1, 1893, to protect the road to Cabrerizas.[2][3][4]
Description
It is a neo-medieval style fort, with a polygonal plan with three rectilinear fronts interrupted by two pentagonal bastions, located opposite each other, one in the southwest end and the other in the northeast end.[2][3][5][6][7]
Museum of La Legión
It offers a journey through the history of the corps, with special emphasis on everyday objects, photographs, flags, pennants, etc.[8]
^ abcBravo Nieto, Antonio; Bellver Garrido, Juan Antonio. Arquitectura militar del siglo XIX: fortificacion y neomedievalismo en los fuertes exteriores de Melilla (in Spanish). Fundación Gaselec. p. 356. ISBN978-8461515943.
^ abcBravo Nieto, Antonio (2008). Modernismo y Art Decó en la arquitectura de Melilla (in Spanish). Badalona: Ediciones Bellaterra-UNED Melilla. ISBN978-84-7290-428-6.