Campeche Fort, Mexico

CAMPECHE FORT (Mexico)

Campeche City on the western side of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula was founded in 1540 by Spanish conquistadores on the site of a pre-existing Maya city; that Pre-Columbian city had 3,000 houses and various monuments, but little of it remains. The Spaniards lived inside the preserved city walls, which protected it from pirates, while the natives lived outside, where their churches still stand.

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