Gracias, Honduras
San Cristóbal fortress
The San Cristóbal fortress is located in the city of Gracias, department of Lempira, built on a small hill above the city, which was formerly the center of the town of Gracias Lempira, which was once the capital of New Spain and headquarters of the Real Audiencia de los Confines in 1544; Gracias was a strategic city within the Province of Honduras in the colonial era, then in the pro-independence era and then in the Central American federal transition.
- City
- Gracias
- Country
- Honduras
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
Background: Wikipedia