San Salvador de la Punta Fortress is a fortress in the bay of Havana, Cuba. La Punta, just like El Morro was designed to protect the entrance to the Havana Bay that became an important and strategic entranceway to the harbor since the settlement of the town. The nonstop landings of corsairs in the area endangered the harbor and the town. That was why in 1559 it was resolved to post lookouts at La Punta. In 1851 the Spanish executed most of the prisoners of La Punta included Venezuelan adventurer Narciso López after a failed attempt to liberate Cuba that caused outrage in the United States.