Castillo de San Andrés

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Castillo de San Andrés
Fort around 1900

The Castillo de San Andrés is a small fortress in San Andrés in the northeast of Tenerife . It was built in 1706 and was supposed to protect against pirates. Shots from this fortress hit Horatio Nelson's ship in 1797 .

The fortress tower was badly damaged in the storms of 1740 and 1896.

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Coordinates: 28 ° 30 ′ 17.5 "  N , 16 ° 11 ′ 27.2"  W.