Without words. Just imagine what it must be a three bridges downloading those 60 guns on each side without disarming. They were floating works of art.

And being in this magical setting, could not try anything but artillery and its factory, proto-industrial model that defended the empire Furnishing all kinds of guns incessantly:

These talks organized by the Friends of the Museum of the Royal Ordnance Factory La Cavada, will be going for 3 days:

• 7/8 - The cannon factory La Cavada and illustrated scientific treatises. - Jose Luis Casado Soto.
• 8/8 - Artillery and artillery tactics at the Armada against England in 1588. - Agustin Rodriguez Gonzalez.
• 9/8 - Presence of the canyons of La Cavada in the province of Matanzas (Cuba). - Diana Rosa Govin Torriente.

All will begin at the edge of the 20 hours in the Museum of the Royal Ordnance Factory La Cavada. From this humble asitir encourage you to website, you will be surprised what you will see and hear it.

The first steel industry that appeared in the country, which for over two centuries produced cannons thundered the enemies of Spain on behalf of His Catholic Majesty. Few factories have survived both, which speaks of its importance for the maintenance of an empire which in turn jealously guarded secret facilities that housed La Cavada . From 1627 pieces produced commercial or industrial use, hundreds of thousands of bullets of all calibers and how could it be otherwise, cannons, guns 26000! Today only the Museum of the Royal Ordnance Factory La Cavada and Friends Association to remind us that it was a reality of the production process more typical of the industrial revolution:

As you can see the maintenance of a strong war machine required a series of natural conditions, the sacrifice of them and a huge effort from both a financial and human at the time. And in those coastal forts and Royal Navy were reflected recent technological advances of the time, were the crown jewels, worth an empire.