The Battery of San Juan, Victim of Vandalism and Awaiting a Recovery Plan

The battery of San Juan was devised at the end of the 19th century with the aim of strengthening the defense of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria against a hypothetical invasion by sea. The construction of this military building began in 1898, when Spain lost the war against the United States that resulted in the loss of the last Hispanic possessions in America and the Pacific. More than two centuries later, and after decades of abandonment, this histo…