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Fort San Miguel, Campeche

🇲🇽 Mexico

Fort San Miguel, Campeche in Mexico
Photo: El Ágora · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Fort San Miguel is a fortification built in the city of San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche, Mexico and, for its dimensions and its history, is one of the most representative buildings of the city. Together with the fort of San José El Alto and the wall, it forms part of the group of fortified buildings constructed between the 17th and 18th centuries for the defence of the city against a possible attack by pirates.

Machine-translated from “Fuerte de San Miguel (Campeche)” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fort San Miguel, Campeche ranks #7,413 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #8 of the 11 mapped in Mexico. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Mexico compares in the castle statistics.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Fort San Miguel, Campeche?

Fort San Miguel, Campeche stands in Mexico, at 19.82472°, -90.56873°.

How famous is Fort San Miguel, Campeche?

In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,413 of 8,134 worldwide, and #8 in Mexico. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.

What is the nearest castle to Fort San Miguel, Campeche?

Fort San Carlos, Campeche, about 4 km away.

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