I present the castle San Antonio de la Eminencia, located in the city Cumana, Sucre State, Venezuela. Historical monument of our country.

The Castle of San Antonio de la Eminencia is a fortification built in the seventeenth century near Cumana, Venezuela by the governor of the Province of Nueva Andalucia to protect the city from the constant pirate attacks.

The castle was built between 1659 and 1686 on the Pan de Azúcar hill, from where the city dominates and in turn you can see the Gulf of Cariaco and the Araya peninsula. It was the most important fortification that protected Cumaná, with a four-pointed star design, each of which points to a cardinal point; walls of two meters thick and a powerful artillery, remained in service well into the nineteenth century. It is also connected to the city through tunnels and passages.

Like many Venezuelan castles, it served as a prison, housing political figures such as José Antonio Páez and José Tadeo Monagas. In 1929, an earthquake seriously damaged the castle, but it has been restored since then and in 1965 it was declared a National Historic Monument.