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| − | {{Infobox Military Structure
| + | #redirect [[Fort Barrancas]] |
| − | |name=San Carlos de Austria
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| − | |location=The [[barrancas]]
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| − | |builder=[[Jaime Franck]]
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| − | |materials=pine stakes & logs; sand
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| − | |size=quadrilateral, about 100 yards square
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| − | |used=1698-1719
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| − | |demolished=1719
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| − | |controlledby=Spain
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| − | |armament=Twelve 8- and 10-pound guns (1698)<br/>28 guns (1718)
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| − | |garrison=between 100-400
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| − | '''Fort San Carlos de Austria''' was the first European fortification established in the Pensacola area, a Spanish redoubt built on the [[barrancas]] by the [[1698]] [[Arriola expedition]]. It was designed by Austrian engineer [[Jaime Franck]] and named for [[Wikipedia:Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VI]], 13-year-old [[Wikipedia:Habsburg Spain|Habsburg]] cousin to King [[Wikipedia:Charles II of Spain|Carlos II]] and claimant to the Spanish throne.
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| − | ==References==
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| − | *James C. and Irene S. Coleman. ''Guardians on the Gulf: Pensacola Fortifications, 1698-1980''. Pensacola Historical Society, 1982.
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| − | {{refend}}
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| − | [[Category:Forts]]
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| − | [[Category:Arriola expedition]]
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