Santa Bárbara fortress

[1] The Genoese navigator Christopher Columbus landed on August 14, 1502 on his fourth voyage and called the place Punta de Caxinas.

[2] In 1550, it is known that the Spanish built with indigenous labor a defensive post for the coasts and the port; They called the fortress "Santa Bárbara" in honor of the artillery patron virgin, and it is located on a hill from which the bay can be seen.

In the fortress several battles were fought between pirates and settlers, in 1860 he witnessed the new intrusion of the filibuster William Walker to the Central American coasts, where he was finally defeated and captured, being executed by shooting on September 12, 1860.

[3] The Museum of the Fortress of Santa Bárbara contains a collection of pre-Hispanic objects found in the area, has an exhibition of objects from the colonial and republican period, tangible and intangible multicultural heritage due to the existing cultural diversity, it also has collections from the pre-Hispanic era, colonial and republican.

This exhibition aims to promote among the inhabitants of the region and its visitors, the Cultural Heritage of which they are depositories, with the hope that each national or foreign person, of any age or religious creed, will become the guardian who ensures their protection for knowledge and benefit for themselves and for future generations.