Fuerte de la Concepción[lower-alpha 1]
The surviving structure of the fort in 2017
Locator map
Locator map
Location of Aguadilla and the Fuerte de la Concepción in Puerto Rico
LocationCalle Agustín Stahl
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18°26′09″N 67°09′21″W / 18.435956°N 67.155882°W / 18.435956; -67.155882
Built1880
ArchitectSpanish Royal Engineers Corps
NRHP reference No.86000703
Added to NRHPApril 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]

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Notes

  1. ↑ 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

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. 1 2 National Park Service (April 18, 1986), Weekly announcement of National Register of Historic Places actions (PDF), p. 48, retrieved January 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places: NPS Focus, retrieved January 18, 2016.


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