The Jagua Fortress is a fortress south of Cienfuegos

Cienfuegos

Cienfuegos is a city on the southern coast of Cuba, capital of Cienfuegos Province. It is located about from Havana, and has a population of 150,000. The city is dubbed La Perla del Sur...

 in Cuba

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. It is located near the entrance to the Bay of Cienfuegos , in the port of Jagua.

The fortress was erected by Spanish

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 king Philip V. in the 1740s to protect the bay from Caribbean

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 pirates that used to land there before the town of Cienfuegos

Cienfuegos

Cienfuegos is a city on the southern coast of Cuba, capital of Cienfuegos Province. It is located about from Havana, and has a population of 150,000. The city is dubbed La Perla del Sur...

was settled in 1819.

It was originally named Castillo de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Jagua.