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Fort Gate

Description

It is the Gate of the Revellín del Príncipe de Puerta de Tierra demolished in 1897. It is a gate with a Roman arch, quoins, and a cornice. There is a wooden railing extending at both sides of the entrance and along some steps. Stone walls, also at both sides of the gate, and battlements. In the background, to the right, a portion of Fort of San Cristóbal can be seen. There is a man leaning against the railing and another walking toward the fort.

Origin Name	CJHO0434
Relation	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín > Sección X, Serie 3, Colección José H. Orraca
Geographical Coverage	San Juan
Date	1897
Descriptive Notes	Title assigned by the cataloging team.
Descripción decolonial	A view of the former Puerta del Revellín del Príncipe de Puerta de Tierra, a gate demolished in 1897, serves as a ruinous emblem of military control under colonial regimes. Its Roman arch and wooden railing, once guardians of strategic northern defenses, now stand ravaged. The architectural decay, evident already by 1848, is accentuated in archival records which at one point proposed its conversion into a cattle stable, epitomizing the neglect of military regimes. The Governor's 1897 recommendation to demolish this sentinel underscores the shifting priorities and budgetary concerns of the Spanish colonial state in the late nineteenth century, reducing a vital structure to ruin. The image serves as a subtle critique of the impermanence of military territory and the erasure of cultural and defensive narratives under colonial rule.
Historical Background	Architecture in Puerto Rico: System of Walls, Defense Lines and Castles Architecture in Puerto Rico: Seventeenth-Nineteenth Centuries Old San Juan and it's Periphery: Old San Juan
Architectural Subject	Old towns Historic buildings Military buildings Forts Walls Battlements Railings (balustrades) Stairs (series of steps) Men (male humans)
Decolonial Subject	Military Control Territorial Control
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Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image

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