Foundation (1726-1845)
As Mariñas
Information
The shipyards of the Bourbon Monarchy (1750)
Building of ships which carried more than 50 cannons (1715-59)
Ships built in Ferrol (1750-1860)
Map of Galicia: population centres with more than 2,000 inhabitants (1787)
New Economy
Late eighteenth-century factories and flour mills, in Xuvia (2004)
Military
Battery of San Carlos, at the mouth of the estuary (2004)
Castle of San Felipe, at the mouth of the estuary (2003)
Castle of La Palma, at the mouth of the estuary (2004)
Views
The towns of A Graña and Mugardos, in the Ferrol estuary (1867)
Mouth of the Ferrol estuary flanked by two castles (1999)
View of the city and port of A Coruña (c. 1800)
Cartography
Map of the Ferrol estuary, by Pedro Teixeira (1634)
© Ayuntamiento de A Coruña
Ferrol
Information
Map of the city of Ferrol and Arsenal (c. 1765)
Map of the city of Ferrol and Arsenal, by V. Tofiño (1789)
Two-point perspective of Ferrol (1859)
Military
San Carlos Bastion, on Ferrol's city walls (2003)
New Gate, on Ferrol's city walls (1859)
Hospital
Charity Hospital
Magdalena
Civil Society
Peddlers in the streets of Madrid (1800-50)
Ferrol's former Prison (2004)
Ferrol town hall (early twentieth century)
Military
Capitanía Palace, facing the Dockyards
Religion
Military Church of San Francisco (early twentieth century)
San Julián Church (early twentieth century)
Square/Street
La Magdalena Street, in the district of the same name (1867)
Monuments
Obelisk of Churruca, in the Parade Ground (early twentieth century)
Cartography
Four projects for La Magdalena district (1750-63)
Celebrities
Portraits of Admiral Nelson and Brigadier Churruca
© E. Cubillas
Esteiro
Military
Battalions Barracks, in Esteiro (2003)
A 'Battalions' marine and an artilleryman (late eighteenth century)
Model of the Battalions Barracks in Esteiro (1937)
Hospital
Royal Navy Hospital in Esteiro
Square/Street
Las Angustias Square with the chapel of the same name (1867)
A corner of the Esteiro district (1925)
San Carlos Street, in the Esteiro district (1867)
© E. Cubillas
Shipyards
Shipbuilding
Esteiro Shipyard Gate (2003)
Building a frigate in a shipyard (c. 1750)
Launching of the frigate 'Restauración' in Ferrol (1825)
'Maestranza' at work in a Spanish shipyard (1748)
Esteiro Shipyards (1850)
© Ayuntamiento de A Coruña
Naval Base
Shipbuilding
Park Dockyard, showing the 'Machina de Arbolar' (1850)
Battleship 'Santísima Trinidad', launched in Havana in 1769
Two men in the stocks, London, 1678
Dock Dockyard, with the careening docks (1850)
Dock Gate, Ferrol's Dockyard (c. 1900)
San Campio Presidio, next to the Dock Gate (2004)
Military
Battery built to defend the Dockyards (2004)
Park Dockyard, showing the breakwater and the Arms Hall (1850)
Arms Hall, in the Park Dockyard (1903)
Arms Hall staircase (2004)
House of the Commander-in-chief of the Dockyard, behind the Dock Gate (2004)
Mass Mobilization
The Mayor of Alcoy 'dragged out' during the revolt of 1873
Monuments
The Obelisk of Fame, a tribute to Carlos III (2003)
© Ayuntamiento de A Coruña
Chronology
The family of Felipe V, by L.M. Van Loo (1743)
Portrait of Carlos III (1761)
The family of Carlos IV, by Francisco de Goya (1800)
The Marquis of Ensenada, by J. Amiconi (c.1750)
Navy officer Jorge Juan Santacilía, by L.G. Candoy
View of the city of Cartagena (1786), by M. Cruz
Ships on active duty in the Spanish Navy (1716-60)
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