Spain Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/spain/ Mechanically-minded travel Sun, 06 Apr 2025 09:44:09 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Review: Military Museum of the Canaries, Tenerife https://mechtraveller.com/2022/09/review-military-museum-of-the-canaries-tenerife/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/09/review-military-museum-of-the-canaries-tenerife/#respond Fri, 30 Sep 2022 15:57:39 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=8021 The Military Museum of the Canaries in Santa Cruz de Tenerife covers the military history of the Canary Islands (Spain) from the 15th century to present day. It is housed in the Almeyda fortress, which was built to strengthen the capital’s defences after Admiral Nelson’s failed attack in 1797, and it contains some key artefacts […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2022/09/review-military-museum-of-the-canaries-tenerife/feed/ 0 The Hercules Cannon https://mechtraveller.com/2022/06/the-hercules-cannon/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/06/the-hercules-cannon/#respond Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:22:05 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7611 This giant cannon was cast by the Flemish master gunmaker Remy de Halut* at his foundry in Mechelen, in 1547. The Hercules cannon (El Cañón Hercules) is an extra long culverin – a ‘Royal or Double culverin’ – designed for long range destruction. Its 4.17m (13½ ft) barrel could probably hurl a 175mm (6″) cannonball […]

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