Fort Fuentes , Italian : Forte di Fuentes , is a former military fort on the hill of Montecchio or Monteggiolo near Colico , in the province of Lecco , Lombardy , northern Italy.
11-658: [REDACTED] Look up fuentes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fuentes (meaning "fountains" or "sources" in Spanish) may refer to: Places [ edit ] Italy [ edit ] Fort Fuentes , a military fort near Colico, province of Lecco Spain [ edit ] Fuentes Carrionas , a mountain range belonging to the Cantabrian Mountains Andalusia [ edit ] Fuentes de Andalucía ,
22-550: A BRT station serving the area Las Fuentes (Mexibús) , a BRT station in Chimalhuacán, State of Mexico Other uses [ edit ] Fuentes (surname) , a Spanish surname Discos Fuentes , a record label based in Medellín, Colombia Fuentes (spider) , a genus of the spider family Salticidae, jumping spiders Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
33-452: A municipality in the province of Cuenca Extremadura [ edit ] Fuentes de León , a municipality in the province of Badajoz Valencian Community [ edit ] Fuentes de Ayódar , a municipality in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community Mexico [ edit ] Fuentes del Valle , a town in Tultitlán, State of Mexico Fuentes del Valle (Mexibús) ,
44-416: A municipality in the province of Salamanca Fuentes de Magaña , is a municipality located in the province of Soria Fuentes de Oñoro , a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro , fought 1811 between British-Portuguese and French forces Fuentes de Ropel , a municipality in the province of Zamora Castilla-La Mancha [ edit ] Fuentes, Cuenca ,
55-457: A municipality in the province of Seville Aragón [ edit ] Fuentes Calientes , a municipality in the province of Teruel Fuentes Claras , a municipality in the province of Teruel Fuentes de Rubielos , a municipality in the province of Teruel Fuentes de Ebro , a municipality in the province of Zaragoza Fuentes de Jiloca , a municipality in the province of Zaragoza Asturias [ edit ] Fuentes de Corbeiro ,
66-474: A parish in Cangas del Narcea Fuentes del Narcea, Degaña and Ibias Natural Park , a natural park Castile and León [ edit ] Fuentes de Año , a municipality in the province of Ávila Fuentes de Carbajal , a municipality in the province of León Fuentes de Nava , a municipality in the province of Palencia Fuentes de Valdepero , a municipality in the province of Palencia Fuentes de Béjar ,
77-522: The garrisons of these fortifications. The fort was visited in 1769 by the Emperor Joseph II , who declared it militarily useless. It was decommissioned in 1782, and the hill auctioned to a private buyer. The fortress was largely demolished in 1796 by general François Rambeaud [ fr ] on the orders of Napoleon and at the request of the Grisons. During the 19th century the ruins became
88-572: The refuge of groups of bandits which the Austrian gendarmerie was unable to dislodge. From 1911 until 1913 the Fort Montecchio-Lusardi with eight gun emplacements were constructed on the site, and the circular Spanish tower on the western side demolished at this time. The fort saw no action during the First World War . In 1987 the entire hill, with the ruins of the fort, was acquired by
99-487: The title Fuentes . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fuentes&oldid=1250386106 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fort Fuentes It
110-744: Was built by the Spanish governor of Milan , Don Pedro Enríquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes , to command the Pian di Spagna and the strategic Trivio di Fuentes , the crossroads between the Valtellina , the Valchiavenna and the Alto Lario , in order to defend the northern border of the Spanish domain against the Grisons to the north. Construction was begun in 1603 or October 1609 under military architect Gabrio Brusca , and
121-647: Was substantially complete within three years. Ancillary fortified structures were the tower of Sorico , the Torretta del Passo, the Fortino d'Adda, the Torrino di Borgofrancone, the Torretta di Curcio and the tower of Fontanedo. Like the city of Milan, the fort of Fuentes yielded in 1706 to Prince Eugène of Savoy , ending Spanish control of the area. It is thought that the Samolaco horse derives in part from Spanish stock abandoned by
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