Castillo de San Felipe

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coastal fortress historical monument military fortification

Castillo de San Felipe is a historic coastal fortress on Menorca, Spain, built to defend the strategic harbor of Mahón and repeatedly expanded and contested in early modern Mediterranean conflicts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Castillo de San Felipe canonical	1
Castillo de San Felipe (Menorca)	1

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coastal fortress ⓘ historical monument ⓘ military fortification ⓘ
builtFor	defense of Mahón harbour ⓘ protection against naval attacks ⓘ
contestedBy	France NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
expandedDuring	early modern period ⓘ
hasCategory	Buildings and structures in Menorca ⓘ Coastal fortifications in the Mediterranean ⓘ Forts in Spain ⓘ Military history of the Balearic Islands ⓘ
hasFunction	artillery stronghold ⓘ coastal defense ⓘ harbor defense ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic site ⓘ
locatedIn	Balearic Islands ⓘ Mahón harbour area NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Menorca NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Menorca NERFINISHED ⓘ municipality of Es Castell ⓘ
locatedOn	entrance to the port of Mahón ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
namedAfter	Saint Philip NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	defensive system of Mahón NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of Mahón harbour ⓘ naval base protection ⓘ
usedDuring	Mediterranean conflicts ⓘ early modern period ⓘ wars between European powers ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Es Castell → hasNearbyFort → Castillo de San Felipe ⓘ

siege of Fort St. Philip (1756) → locatedInFortification → Castillo de San Felipe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Castillo de San Felipe (Menorca)