Toward the west in the same entrance of the port and about two hundred yards from it with four bulwarks well-mounted with artillery, was la Fuerza with twenty-two cannon.
Cagigal improved the fort of la Fuerza by having a reception hall built on the seaward side, which was surrounded by a row of balconies.
At the eastern extremity is the old fortress, called the Fuerza del Pilar, a fine historical monument reminding one of the Spaniards' many vicissitudes in this region, alluded to in the preceding pages.
It was called the Fuerzadel Pilar, and is now the American Moro Province military headquarters and head quartermaster's office and dépòt.
The dark dungeons of La Fuerza have held hundreds of Cuban patriots until death or deportation to Africa brought relief.
Footnote 5: #por fuerza se lo dará:# he is bound to do it.
At mid-afternoon some boats were sent toward the shore near Chorrera, and the watchers on Morro signaled to La Fuerza that a landing was being made; only a little later to recall the tidings as those of a false alarm.
They accused him of employing for his own private work slaves belonging to the crown and intended for employment on La Fuerza and other public works.
At Punta a dozen guns were in readiness to make that the chief point of defense outside of La Fuerza itself.
At the beginning of 1558, just as Mazariegos returned thither from Santiago, Herrera was replaced by Bartolome Sanchez, a competent engineer; who prepared new plans for the rebuilding of La Fuerza as it stands to this day.
It was ordered that el Morro should have a garrison of two hundred, and that as soon as feasible, la Punta and la Fuerza were to be garrisoned by one hundred men each.
He and his family moved into that upper story of La Fuerza which Carreno had insisted upon building, regarding it as the most desirable place of residence in Havana.
Funds for the work were obtained from Mexico, from which source also appropriations were received for the maintenance of La Fuerza with its garrison of 300 men.
Artillery was needed for La Fuerza and for other fortifications at Havana and elsewhere.
Without them, a daring enemy might seize one of those spots, bring up some long range guns from his ships, and have not only Havana but La Fuerza itself at his mercy.
As La Fuerza was not yet finished sufficiently to accommodate them, houses were hired to receive them.
La Fuerza was not yet completed, but he took measures to expedite the work and hoped to have it finished in a year.
But a better fort than the ruins of La Fuerza was also needed, and to that enterprise he turned his attention with zeal.
Alzar or quitar la fuerza was the act on the part of a royal tribunal of abrogating, annulling, or reforming the effects of violence committed by an ecclesiastical judge.
The governor appealed to the audiencia for support, and the tribunal exercised jurisdiction over the case on the basis of its right to try cases of fuerza and to prevent ecclesiastical judges from infringing on the civil jurisdiction.
Closely related to the question of fuerza as illustrating the jurisdiction of the audiencia over the church courts, occurs that of the interdict.
The recurso de fuerza could not be employed, nor could the interdicts of the inquisitors be raised, even in notorious cases of their infringement upon the royal jurisdiction.
It was on the grounds offuerza that the audiencia justified its action in practically all cases of interference with the jurisdiction of the church courts.
The civil government usually took the initiative in these appeals, but there were occasions in the history of the Islands in which ecclesiastical authorities and tribunals interposed recursos de fuerza against the archbishop.
On the other hand, the audiencia was forbidden to entertain appeals on the ground of fuerza from regulars who objected to the visitation of the prelates.
But as he continued his display of fuerza against Don Andres Arias Xiron, an act and an iterative decree were also issued against the archbishop, which he refused to obey in any case.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fuerza" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
