MUSEO HISTÓRICO MILITAR DE CANARIAS (MUSEO DE ALMEYDA)

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE
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The museum occupies the central building of the old Fort of Almeyda, the fortress with the most artillery of how many rose in the Canary Islands, reached more than 40 canyons. The fortress had different construction stages, however, its construction was never completed (see original plan) in this it can be seen that the batteries were going to be larger and that there were going to be buildings that are currently not found and vice versa, they observe buildings of the set that in the original plans do not exist.

The original design of the complex had a trapezoidal shape, Vauban-type construction, and in the center is the castle or fort, which functioned as a sleeping area and with more activities of the Militia, it has a semicircular plant , with a central courtyard, formerly in the center of this there is a fountain. Around it, the batteries were planned, of which a smaller amount was built than planned, and the structure was added at the top of the currently visible gunpowder houses.

Subsequently, the building located in the northeast is also included, nowadays it is the archive and the library, previously it housed activities such as, dining space, mechanical workshops and more bedrooms. Finally, the attached batteries are also built to the northeast, occupying landfill in the area since it was a ravine, its construction was in order to protect the direction in which more sailboats arrived.

According to the plaque located at the entrance to the central courtyard, ...

The Historical Military Museum of the Canary Islands is made up in the first place, by the castle or fort of Almeyda, building of two semicircular plants, on the upper floor a historical route dating from the fifteenth to the twentieth century is distributed and on the ground floor Low are collections of flags, artillery, decorations, cartography, etc. u2026 Outside vehicles and heavy equipment are exposed. The fort is the main building, it is located at the entrance of the complex, its façade has a symbolic composition (its central axis is established at the entrance door), it is made up of a stone that surrounds the entire lower part of the building , on its front it has 13 windows with wooden frames and metal bars (only those on the ground floor), each window is framed with the same stone used in the stone. Its facade is a rectangle with rounded corners where it continues to the building and its walls have a white paint finish.

Inside, the building surrounds a central courtyard with the same semicircle shape, the entire curved area has in its perimeter a corridor that serves as a balcony towards the patio, consisting of wooden railings and iron columns with ornamental details in the top On the ground floor you can see the continuity of the stone with the same characteristics as that of the facade, and the walls with a white paint finish, while the upper floor is characterized by exposing the construction material used, which corresponds to coarse red, and similarly accompanied by the z calo in the i ...