Port Royal, Fort Charles

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Surviving the two earthquakes that almost completely destroyed the city, Port Royal's older fortress, Fort Charles

Trademark of the place the British Fort on the middle of what once was the one of the biggest Pirates and Privateers lair in the Caribbean, Port Royal<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 6.802 N 76 50 32.059 W

Next to the walls of the fort that survived two earthquakes the barricade from where the cannons made fire<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 2.867 N 76 50 32.258 W

With the fort in the background the structure that served as Port Royal's cannon hideout<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 2.419 N 76 50 32.000 W

A painting representing the 1692 earthquake that destroyed the city partially sunken it into the seas<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 6.499 N 76 50 32.713 W

Marking the entrance of Port Royal, an arch once part of the old city walls<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 9.955 N 76 50 31.417 W

Surviving the two earthquakes that almost completely destroyed the city, Port Royal's older fortress, Fort Charles<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 6.959 N 76 50 32.661 W

Outside the fort walls, clearly showing how the city was affected by the quakes that sunk part of it, Fort Charles's Armory building<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 2.730 N 76 50 32.829 W

Inside the fort, several old cannons and artillery pieces used to defend it<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 6.102 N 76 50 33.466 W

Accompanied by some cannons and a huge anchor, Fort Charles's main entrance<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 6.782 N 76 50 33.340 W

Bellow the sign with it's name the main gates of the Fort<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 6.588 N 76 50 33.303 W

Inside the fort two old official houses that nowadays are home to Port Royals History Museum<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 6.138 N 76 50 32.602 W

A plaque in the Fort walls remembering the exact location of the old flagstaff of Jamaica destroyed by the 1952 hurricane<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 5.484 N 76 50 33.469 W

Holding many artifacts recovered from the nearby waters where the city sunk, Port Royal's Museum<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 6.569 N 76 50 32.748 W

The old tree said to be there when in the late years of the XVIII century the Vice Admiral of the Royal Navy Horatio Nelson was in command of Fort Charles<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 6.478 N 76 50 32.377 W

Viewed from Fort Charles's walls the partially sunken Armory building<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 5.309 N 76 50 33.126 W

In detail, one of the so peculiar Fort Charles's observation towers<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 5.204 N 76 50 33.398 W

Taken from the outer limits of the Fort's grounds a view of the walls and observation towers<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 4.093 N 76 50 33.183 W

Inside the fort, kind of a small village, the most secured buildings of the city of Port Royal<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 6.345 N 76 50 33.097 W

Outside the Fort, a look over it's stone and brick walls<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 7.501 N 76 50 32.184 W

One last view taken from the Fort walls<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 5.488 N 76 50 32.724 W

Port Royal's old British Naval Cemetery<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 20.383 N 76 49 48.535 W

Among the graves of many British Naval Personnel it's believed to be the burial place of the renowned privateer Admiral Sir Henry Morgan<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 21.940 N 76 49 46.363 W

Near the Naval Cemetery a man fishing in the nearby shallow and salty waters swamp known as the Palisadoes<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 18.782 N 76 48 38.561 W

One of the plazas of the actual village of Port Royal<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 20.606 N 76 50 32.070 W

Port Royal's Customs Authorities headquarters<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 20.577 N 76 50 34.179 W

Port Royal's Police Station building<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 20.919 N 76 50 33.614 W

Behind and to the right of the Sea Girl the local port facilities<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 21.373 N 76 50 32.141 W

Docked in the city's harbor two fine examples of the typical local boats, the Lunch Money and the Hot Steppa<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 21.464 N 76 50 32.757 W

Local people catching and preparing some fishes on the peer of the port<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 22.149 N 76 50 32.726 W

Docked at Port Royal's Port, one of the pilot boats that guide the big ships that pass in their way to the port of Kingston<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 21.646 N 76 50 32.303 W

A local fish restaurant called the Buccaneer<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 20.188 N 76 50 33.078 W

To the left Buccaneer's restaurant kitchen and service area, to the right the tables where one can appreciate a good fried fish<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 20.084 N 76 50 33.288 W

View from the seaside city street<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 20.112 N 76 50 35.106 W

On the main plaza of Port Royal, the local mobile phones company welcomes the tourist to the city<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 16.326 N 76 50 30.910 W

Next to the Buccaneer Restaurant, one last view of Port Royal's streets<br/><br/> ||| 17 56 20.784 N 76 50 32.733 W

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