User talk:Nelsonprestan

Castillo San Felipe de Barajas
Here's the book. Los Ingenieros militares en España, siglo XVIII : repertorio biográfico e inventario de su labor científica y espacial. I've looked everywhere in it already. What page? You cannot just change information on vast pages with no basis to look for in your claim. First you had it unsourced. Secondly, I have found sources saying it is only 41 meters above sea level. The Citadelle on the other hand has an Area of 108,000 square feet (10,000 m2) and an Elevation of 3,000 feet (910 m) of the Citadelle. 960 ft. isn't even close. The Citadelle is not 830 ft. I have no idea where you got this number from. In multiple sources it is claimed as being the largest fortress in the Americas. Please do better than that. Savvyjack23 (talk) 08:04, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Meanwhile. This source here says 41 m (135ft.) above sea level. Please refrain from altering pages without significant sources. A book with no link serves no justice, especially for big changes (and statments) like this one. Savvyjack23 (talk) 08:11, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

The Citadelle standing at 3000 ft. tall. Haiti Savvyjack23 (talk) 08:23, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

The Citadelle covering 108,000 sq ft. of land. Can God Save Haiti Savvyjack23 (talk) 08:28, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

See it from the official UNESCO World Heritage Site 970 m (3182 ft.) 1 ha or hectares (107 639.104 sq ft.) around. Please, what are you talking about? Savvyjack23 (talk) 08:35, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Meanwhile, the UNESCO doesn't even mention the size of the Castillo, nor speak of it as being large. It only describes it as "the masterpiece of Spanish miliatry engineering in America." Savvyjack23 (talk) 08:56, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Then you have the Castillo San Cristóbal of Puerto Rico, which claims to be the largest Spanish built fort in the Americas. Savvyjack23 (talk) 09:16, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

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You looked everywhere? You read 494 pages in one day, but you are citing an excerpt/preview of the book from google, gotcha!

First, Citadelle is 830 feet long at its greatest length, and I'm being generous here (http://i.imgur.com/ZS5LWFZ.jpg) not sure if you understand the difference between "largest" and "tallest" but your reference to the altitude of the citadelle is irrelevant.

Second, at least I cited a real book of Engineering and not just "multiple sources", the main one being from a religious author that writes about Voodoo; you are complaining about not having the exact page but you blatantly state it's the largest fortress without saying which "source" states that (page?), please do better than that.

Third, I currently don't have access to the book but I memorized the dimensions of many buildings of the colonial era due to the fact that my father is an architect specialized in colonial architecture, but don't worry, I just requested a copy that should be available at my local library in less than 2 weeks, I'll get you that page.

and last, your claim that the UNESCO doesn't provide the size of Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas, is not enough proof that the Citadelle is the largest fort, plus your source states that the "Entire Complex" covers 108.000 sq ft. I guess I should believe a subjective recollection about the area of the complex but not the area calculated using satellite imagery, accurate down to a few yards:

Castillo de San Felipe's complex covers 566,400 sq. ft. http://i.imgur.com/OPRRDUc.jpg, while the construction alone is over 330.000 sq. ft (http://i.imgur.com/13c3Xwj.png), not counting the underground network of tunnels that are part of it, so please refrain from citing books/sources if they don't provide real information about this discussion.

http://i.imgur.com/dXxUEU5.jpg