Bulwark of Santa Catalina, like the rest of the Wall of the Navy, was characterized by a long constructive process in which the damages by the storms and the rebuilding were a constant. Raised in the project of Baptist Antonelli, it was finally built by Cristóbal de Roda in 1625, who modified the initial layout by advancing the bastions of Santa Catalina in the direction of the Mouthpiece to gain fertile land with numerous jagüeyes. The somewhat obsolete Italian ideas of beading applied by Roda, were not liked by the governor and also an engineer. Francisco Murga directed the construction between 1631 until its completion in 1638, extending the fortification with moats and revellines. The Santa Catalina, of two floors, had a wide adarve, access ramp, line, booths, reservoirs and a master cord. The sea, and especially, the blasting by Baron De Pointis in 1697 made its reconstruction necessary in the 18th century. Juan de Herrera y Sotomayor in 1719 eliminates the lo...