San Felipe Castle

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San Felipe Castle
Part of defences of Puerto Cabello
Puerto Cabello, Carabobo
San Felipe Castle
Type	Fortress
Site information
Open to the public	limited opening (is situated within a naval base)[1]
Site history
Built	c. 1732 (1732)

San Felipe Castle is an eighteenth-century star fort protecting Puerto Cabello in Venezuela.^[2] It was named in honour of Philip V, King of Spain at the time of its construction in the 1730s. It has an alternative name Castillo Libertador,^[1] explained by its connection with Simón Bolívar, known as El Libertador (The Liberator) because of his role in Latin American independence.