Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta museum
Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta museum
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- 10:00-18:00 Wed-Sun
Lonely Planet review for Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta museum
Across the Malecón is the picturesque Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta, designed by the Italian military engineer Giovanni Bautista Antonelli and built between 1589 and 1600. During the colonial era a chain was stretched 250m to the castle of El Morro every night to close the harbor mouth to shipping. The castle's museum was renovated in 2002 and displays artifacts from sunken Spanish treasure fleets, a collection of model ships and information on the slave trade.
