Mexico · 17th century
The Fort of San Diego (Spanish: Fuerte de San Diego), formerly also known as the Fort of San Carlos (Spanish: Fuerte de San Carlos) is a star fort in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico. It was built by the Spanish Empire, and it was one of the most important Spanish fortifications along the Pacific coast. The fort was first built in the 17th century, but was completely rebuilt in the 18th century. Today, it is an important landmark in Acapulco, and it is open to the public as the Acapulco Historic Museum (Spanish: Museo Histórico de Acapulco).
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Fort San Diego ranks #2,882 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #5 of the 10 mapped in Mexico. Founded 1616, it is older than 29% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 708 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,541 times in the last 60 days, more than 63% of the atlas. See how Mexico compares in the castle statistics.
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