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Info Coastal artillery Castillitos, Cartagena, Spain. It was built together with the coastal artillery Cenizas in order to protect the entrance to the Bay of Cartagena. The construction took place between 1933 and 1936 following a project from 1926 during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. The canons were delivered by the British company Vickers-Armstrong (model 38.1cm/45 of 15 inches). This artillery is capable of shooting a projectile of one tonne to a distance of 35 kilometres (22 mi). It's a Spanish National Heritage Monument since 1985. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 19:05, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 19:05, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
Comment Very minor point: the company's name was Vickers-Armstrong. Wikipedia has it wrong. The gun is 38.1cm i.e. 15 inches. (p.s. did you notice the 'dancer' on the turret!)Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:29, 1 September 2022 (UTC)- Charlesjsharp:
Fixed (both issues) Poco a poco (talk) 21:03, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
- Charlesjsharp:
- Support -- IamMM (talk) 11:27, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
- Support Cool! I also noticed a leafy "arch" over one of the two smaller roads. Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 23:13, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
- Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:59, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
- Support Very atmospheric. --Aristeas (talk) 05:17, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
- Support --Llez (talk) 06:57, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
- Support O'h I know this place - was there 1,5 year ago. Interesting angle and nice ambience. The towers forefront seem newer than much of the fort, like they were remade to look as they may have been perhaps? --Ximonic (talk) 10:14, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
- Ximonic: It was really a pain in the back to get there and on top I was in a rush as the sun went down quickly... I checked older pictures and they all look similar to mine and I couldn't find either any articles about any renovation works. Poco a poco (talk) 12:38, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
- Support -- Pofka (talk) 12:12, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
- Support --Milseburg (talk) 18:30, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
- Support Some ringing on the ridgeline, and distortion in the parking lot, but they're not what the photo is about. Daniel Case (talk) 21:56, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
- Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 11:13, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
- Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 05:03, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
Confirmed results:
Result: 12 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 08:13, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Architecture/Castles_and_fortifications#Spain
