{"id":3987,"date":"2024-11-03T20:46:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T01:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/havana24-7.com\/?post_type=guias&#038;p=3987"},"modified":"2025-10-31T09:34:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:34:42","slug":"santo-domingo-de-atares","status":"publish","type":"guias","link":"https:\/\/havana24-7.com\/en\/guias\/santo-domingo-de-atares\/","title":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo de Atar\u00e9s"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Una fortaleza en lo alto de la Loma de Soto<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alejado del bullicio del centro hist\u00f3rico, el Castillo de Santo Domingo de Atar\u00e9s se levanta imponente en la Loma de Soto, integrando el sistema defensivo de La Habana colonial. Su construcci\u00f3n, dirigida entre 1763 y 1767 por el ingeniero espa\u00f1ol Silvestre Abarca y el belga Agust\u00edn Crame, respond\u00eda a la necesidad de reforzar la seguridad de la ciudad tras la ocupaci\u00f3n inglesa. El nombre honra al entonces gobernador Conde de Ricla, de apellido Domingo, y a sus padres, los Condes de Atar\u00e9s. Concebido como parte de una tr\u00edada con el Castillo del Pr\u00edncipe y la fortaleza de San Carlos de la Caba\u00f1a, su ubicaci\u00f3n estrat\u00e9gica ofrec\u00eda una vista privilegiada de la bah\u00eda y el entorno habanero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Arquitectura militar del siglo XVIII<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Castillo de Atar\u00e9s responde a los c\u00e1nones de la arquitectura militar del siglo XVIII, con muros de s\u00f3lida canter\u00eda rodeados por un foso. Su planta tiene la forma de un hex\u00e1gono irregular, sin baluartes, y en cada v\u00e9rtice se levantan garitas tambi\u00e9n hexagonales que refuerzan su car\u00e1cter defensivo. En su interior se organiza una peque\u00f1a plaza de armas rodeada por seis b\u00f3vedas a prueba de bombas, destinadas en su tiempo a la tropa, a los almacenes de v\u00edveres, armer\u00eda y pertrechos. Las azoteas estaban preparadas con plataformas para el emplazamiento de la artiller\u00eda pesada, aunque la fortaleza nunca entr\u00f3 en combate gracias a la fuerza disuasoria que ejerc\u00eda sobre quienes intentaban saquear o amenazar la ciudad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>De basti\u00f3n defensivo a museo <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Durante siglos, el Castillo de Santo Domingo de Atar\u00e9s permaneci\u00f3 como un s\u00edmbolo silencioso de la estrategia militar habanera, sin haber disparado un solo ca\u00f1\u00f3n en combate real. Con el paso del tiempo, su funci\u00f3n defensiva qued\u00f3 en desuso, pero su valor patrimonial permaneci\u00f3 intacto. Tras un largo proceso de restauraci\u00f3n liderado por la Oficina del Historiador de La Habana, la fortaleza reabri\u00f3 sus puertas el 14 de noviembre de 2019, en v\u00edsperas del 500 aniversario de la ciudad. 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