This article is about the fort in the Canary Islands. For the tower house in Scotland, see Castle of St John.
The Castle of St John the Baptist (Spanish: Castillo de San Juan Bautista), also called the Black Castle (Castillo Negro), is a fort on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands of Spain. It was the second-most important fort in the defence of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the island's capital.[1][2]
Front view of the fort in 2015
It is located in the heart of the capital near the Parque Marítimo César Manrique[2] and behind the Auditorio de Tenerife. Its construction was started in 1641 and completed in 1644. It was later rebuilt in 1765 with the addition of a cylindrical tower facing the sea. It served as a military fort until 1924. It was converted to a military museum in 1948.[1][2]
In 1684, Charles II of Spain gave the power to appoint the castilian, or warden of the castle, to the Cabildo de Tenerife, the island's governing body. This appointment, along with that of the Castle of San Cristóbal, were coveted by the island's nobility as an honour, but also for two important reasons: it was the most important way to prove their noble status, with a view to entering orders, joining the military or the maestranza de caballería (noble militia), and due to the privileges attached to the position: they were in charge of everything related to health, the port police, granting permits for the entry and exit of the ships, they charged the right to fish, they mediated between the conflicts between fishermen and townsfolk, besides taking care of correspondence and collecting tariffs on salt and flour.
^ abJosé Manuel Ledesma Alonso. "Castillo de San Juan". rutasconhistoria.es. from the original on November 12, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2017. Google translation
^ abcJosé Manuel Vargas. "El Castillo De San Juan Bautista en Tenerife". sobrecanarias.com. from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2017. Google translation
^"La recreación de la Gesta del 25 de Julio vuelve a las calles de Santa Cruz" (in Spanish). BienMeSabe.org. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
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