THE OPEN CAPONIER

THE OPEN CAPONIER

The Open Caponier is a defensive site along the road to Tenasses Fort, with structures once used to control access to the Célio ravine.

At the Open Caponier, just before reaching Tenasses Fort, there is a small, relatively simple guardhouse. Although at first glance it resembles a traditional rural building, one of its side walls contains loopholes designed to defend and control access along the flank of the Célio ravine.

On the opposite side are the Sant Joan Advanced Fortifications. In the past, this position was used to monitor the section of the city walls connecting to the Remolins neighbourhood. Beyond the Remolins ravine, the area was already within the city's defensive walls.

Once inside the fortification, passing through a gateway built from carefully dressed white stone blocks, we reach the first section of Tenasses Fort, dating from the 17th century. Here we find the tenaille, a defensive structure consisting of a lateral section of wall enclosing the fort.

Further to the left stands a later building, possibly a small hut constructed during the 1950s.

THE ROMAN CITY
THE ROMAN CITY
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sant ruf
sant ruf
El cementirti del castell
El cementirti del castell
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THE DEMOLITION OF THE CITY WALLS
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FROM CASTLE TO FORTRESS
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HABSBURG AND BOURBON SUPPORTERS
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THE DIAMOND POINT TOWER
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CRISTÒFOL DESPUIG
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TORTOSA'S TRADITIONAL CULTURE
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TENASSES FORT
TENASSES FORT
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THE OPEN CAPONIER
THE OPEN CAPONIER
The Open Caponier is a defensive site along the road to Tenasses Fort, with structures once used to control access to the Célio ravine.
HORNWORK
HORNWORK
The hornwork at Tenasses is a 17th-century defensive structure designed to protect the northern approaches to Tortosa.