Baluarte de San Carlos

The Baluarte de San Carlos is stone fortress, situated in the city San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche, Mexico. It has its beginnings in the 17th century, this bastion was committed to King Carlos II of Spain, in the year 1676 was introduced by the representative Pedro Fernandez de Angulo, presents a pentagonal shape, its surface is 840 meters, as of now it is the special case that is come to through a changed slope that from the road takes us to the primary dimension, its vigorous entryways were made with wood which welcome to visit the property, this bastion has a storage and at the base is the storm cellar, where is a vault known as "El Pulguero" which served to bolt up the detainees; Numerous accounts of passages and mystery paths have developed, the second dimension has a patio that houses two incredible guns and a chime tower in one of its corners, right now houses the City Museum.

Previously, this engineering was utilized as an observation corps. It as of now holds the title of the city that was conceded on October 1, 1777 by King Carlos III of Spain, it likewise houses the keys of the city, just as a superb museography that depicts the development of the city during that time. The rampart has weapons, figures and reproductions of plans and parts of history inside it, in a room you can discover the model of the Indian mosquito, from the top you can see "La Puerta de Mar" and "El Baluarte de depression".