What is "spanish fort"

Spanish Fort or Old Spanish Fort may refer to:

• Spanish Fort, Alabama
• Spanish Fort (Colorado), a Spanish military post built near Sangre de Cristo Pass in 1819
• Spanish Fort, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Spanish Fort Site (22SH500), Holly Bluff, Mississippi
• Old Spanish Fort (Pascagoula, Mississippi)
• Old Spanish Fort Archeological Site, a National Register of Historic Places listing in Missouri
• Spanish Fort Site, a National Register of Historic Places listing in Montague County, Texas

A Spanish military fort was constructed and occupied in 1819 near Sangre de Cristo Pass in the present U.S. State of Colorado to protect the Spanish colony of Santa Fe de Nuevo México from a possible invasion from the United States. The fort was the only Spanish settlement in present-day Colorado. The site of this fort is known today as the Spanish Fort.

The Spanish Fort in Colonia, the capital of Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia, is a historic seat of power on the island of Yap. Only foundational remnants of the 19th-century Spanish fortification survive, on a property now occupied by the local government. The site was also where German and Japanese administrators had their headquarters during their respective periods of administration in the decades of the 20th century before World War II. The foundation was built of stone and cement, and is still accessible via its original steps.

The fort's remains were listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1976, a time when Yap and the other Caroline Islands were part of the US-administered Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.