Fortress
San Felipe Fortress
🇲🇽 Mexico · 18th century
The San Felipe Fortress, or Castle of San Felipe de Bacalar, was an 18th-century New Spanish presidio situated in Bacalar, state of Quintana Roo, in Mexico. Today it houses the Museum of Piracy of Bacalar.
Machine-translated from “Fuerte de San Felipe de Bacalar” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Felipe Fortress ranks #6,928 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #7 of the 11 mapped in Mexico. Founded 1733, it is older than 20% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how Mexico compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is San Felipe Fortress?
San Felipe Fortress stands in Mexico, at 18.67694°, -88.39528°.
When was San Felipe Fortress built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1733. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is San Felipe Fortress?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,928 of 8,134 worldwide, and #7 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 San Felipe Fortress?
Fort San Carlos, Campeche, about 260 km away.
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