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#redirect {{Infobox Military Structure|name=San Carlos de Austria|image=|caption=|location=The [[barrancas]]|type=|built=|builder=[[Jaime Franck]]|materials=pine stakes & logs; sand|size=quadrilateral, about 100 yards square|used=1698-1719|demolished=1719|controlledby=Spain|armament=Twelve 8- and 10-pound guns (1698)<br/>28 guns (1718)|garrison=between 100-400|currentcommander=|commanders=|occupants=|battles=|events=|status=|ownership=|visitors=|mapcode=}}'''Fort BarrancasSan 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. {{hist-stub}} ==References=={{refbegin}}*James C. and Irene S. Coleman. ''Guardians on the Gulf: Pensacola Fortifications, 1698-1980''. Pensacola Historical Society, 1982.{{refend}} [[Category:Forts]][[Category:Arriola expedition]]
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