{"id":100,"date":"2019-09-29T12:13:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T11:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gotenerife.net\/en\/?post_type=job_listing&#038;p=100"},"modified":"2022-06-02T18:35:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T17:35:51","slug":"fort-san-juan","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/gotenerife.net\/en\/explore\/fort-san-juan\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort of San Juan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Fort of San Juan<\/strong> (<em>Castillo de San Juan\/Fort of St John<\/em>) is in the capital of Tenerife, <a href=\"https:\/\/gotenerife.net\/en\/explore\/santa-cruz\/\">Santa Cruz<\/a>, and is also known locally as the <em>Castillo Negro<\/em> (<em>Black Castle<\/em>) due to being a short distance from a small black sand beach known as <em>La Caleta de los Negros<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It was built in 1765 in order to prevent enemies from disembarking onto the aforementioned beach, which jeopardised the island\u2019s safety. It was also built after the outbreak of various revolutions in Portugal and Catalonia, which threatened the integrity of the Crown of Castile.<\/p><div id=\"goten-3783938094\" class=\"goten-content_2 goten-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-0088719563045673\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0088719563045673\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Castle of San Juan was the second defensive fort to be built in <a href=\"https:\/\/gotenerife.net\/en\/\">Tenerife<\/a>, after the Castle of San Cristobal, located in the <a href=\"https:\/\/gotenerife.net\/en\/explore\/historical-centre-la-laguna\/\">city of La Laguna<\/a> that had been built a few decades before.<\/p>\n<h2>First line of defence for the Canary Islands<\/h2>\n<p>It played a key role in the victory over Horatio Nelson\u2019s troops, who, in the name of the British Royal Family, tried to take the city and conquer the Archipelago.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the battle, the British troops lost 349 of around 4000 soldiers, and were left with over 100 injured, including Nelson himself, who lost an arm in the conflict. On the other side, the Spanish cohort lost just 32 soldiers and just over 40 were injured.<\/p>\n<p>The castle is just metres away from the Atlantic Ocean, very close to the <a href=\"https:\/\/gotenerife.net\/en\/explore\/tenerife-auditorium\/\">Tenerife Auditorium<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/gotenerife.net\/en\/explore\/parque-maritimo\/\">Parque Maritimo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"First line of defence for the Canary Islands","_company_twitter":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[6,12],"job-categories":[20],"class_list":["post-100","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","job_listing_region-metropolitan-area","job_listing_region-santa-cruz","job_listing_category-heritage"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fort of San Juan (Tenerife) 2026 \u2022 Everything you should know - Go Tenerife<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover Fort of San Juan, in Metropolitan Area of Tenerife, Santa Cruz. 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