Cannons head for scrapyard

TARIFA / Photo: EuropaSur

The cannons at the disused military coastal battery are being dismantled and broken up, and headed for the scrapyard. Except for one that is going to the Naval Museum in San Fernando. Another two, enormous 380mm monsters at Paloma Alta, are being conserved thanks to an agreement between the Mellaria 'heritage defence' organization and the Ministry of Defence in Madrid. At some point these were the largest cannons in the world and the organization wants to create a theme park around them.