CEREMONY OF THE CAÑONAZO DE LAS NUEVE

Once on the other bank, you go directly to the place of arms of the fortress, where the ceremony of the cannon shot (21h) takes place, by a staircase of more than 100 steps. In colonial times, a cannon shot was fired at 4:30 in the morning and at 8:00 in the evening: it announced the opening and closing of the gates of the wall that then surrounded the city as well as the removal and installation of the huge chain (later wooden beams) that closed the entrance to the bay.