Together with the Citadel, Rapitan fort is one of the (important) defensive works protecting the city of Jaca. It was started in 1884 and finished in 1904.The defensive importance of Rapitan fort lies in the fact that it is located strategically at the entrance to the Aragon valley and at the summit of a small mountain. These two elements making it defensively very important, but also making its construction very difficult, using a huge number of workers. It was used as a prison after the uprising in 1930. It was constructed at a time when there were numerous other defensive construccions in the Pyrenees.
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