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Water jugs
San Juan de Ulúa , Veracruz , Mexico
Bridge of Sighs
The "Bridge of Sighs" is so named because he who crossed it as a prisoner knew that he had little opportunity to cross it again as a free man. On one side are the infamous "Tinajas", the damp dungeons of the Revellín de San José, on the other, the firing wall of the Fort of San Juan de Ulúa.
The jail cells at San Juan de Ulúa were known as "tinajas" (water jugs), probably as a reference to their humidity. This is an example of one of the vaulted rooms used as a prison cell at the fort.
Water jugs
San Juan de Ulúa , Veracruz , Mexico
Bridge of Sighs
The "Bridge of Sighs" is so named because he who crossed it as a prisoner knew that he had little opportunity to cross it again as a free man. On one side are the infamous "Tinajas", the damp dungeons of the Revellín de San José, on the other, the firing wall of the Fort of San Juan de Ulúa.
The jail cells at San Juan de Ulúa were known as "tinajas" (water jugs), probably as a reference to their humidity. This is an example of one of the vaulted rooms used as a prison cell at the fort.