El Morro and San Cristobal

El Morro and San Cristobal was built between 1539-1540. Over four hundred years ago and the fort still stands! When it was originally built it was not as large, holding only four cannons. But when Puerto Rico became a target for settlers to continue to take and raid, they expanded on the fort and made it the large structure it is today. It was thought-provoking to walk around this fort slowly and with admiration for the hundreds of people who dedicated their lives to finishing this fort to protect their people. Here is a few pictures of the structure itself and of the cannons we saw while there.

 

 

Here are a few pictures of Esmie and I at El Morro. It was pretty stinky in there so we had to hurry and get the shot and then get out! haha

 

Esmie and I were SO sunburnt that we had to wear umbrellas while at the fort! Made us feel like we were in China again as all the women over there wore umbrellas to protect themselves from getting darker. 

 

 There were lots of cool tunnels to see en El Morro as well. They were kinda creepy, but cool. I'm prettty sure there has to be ghosts down there. haha

We didn't have enough time to go down into the cemetery that has been there for centuries but the view from where we were was breathtaking! I never thought a cemetery could be so exquisite but most of the graves are very old! I had to take some pics from Google since I couldn't get my camera to zoom in right to capture what I saw...so here it is!

The angels on the graves were remarkable carvings.

This circular building houses the oldest graves of all, no one can go inside unless you have the proper authority to reserve the graves.

El Morro the beautiful!  I loved it!