Museo Histórico Militar de Canarias in the Fuerte de Almeyda Image: CARLOS TEIXIDOR CADENAS, CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Of course that's what parking spaces are for! |
Model ship. To be fair, not everything has an English label. |
Cannon "El Gato" (The Cat) |
This one's called "El Miserable". Wouldn't you be, if it hit you? |
The flag of the British frigate, "Emerald", it is said, was found at dawn on 25 July 1797, in one of the [British] launches tied up on the coast of Santa Cruz. |
General Gutiérrez Trouncer of Nelson |
Interior of the curved courtyard |
Scale model depicting the Battle of Santa Cruz 1797 |
Well worth a visit is the Museo Histórico Militar de Canarias (Museum of Military History of the Canaries) in the Fuerte de Almeyda, the old D-shaped artillery fort and former barracks in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. More and better images and descriptions can be found in this report. Opening hours, address and contact numbers can be found here.