Campeche

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The Historic Fortified Town of Campeche retains many of the old colonial Spanish city walls and fortifications which protected the city (not always successfully) from pirates and buccaneers.

Campeche was founded in 1540 by Spanish conquistadores as San Francisco de Campeche atop the pre-existing Maya city of Canpech or Kimpech. Originally, the Spaniards lived inside the walled city, while the natives lived in the surrounding barrios of San Francisco, Guadalupe and San Román. These barrios still retain their original churches.

Year	Decision	Comments
1999	Inscribed	Reasons for inscription

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Ari Misset (France): Located beside the Gulf of Mexico, Campeche is an walled City fortificated to protect against pirates attack. Nowadays is a splendid small city. Very quiet, with a population very friendly. There are beutiful sunset. You can rest in a hammock and forget all the stress and only enjoy the sea breeze. Ahhh, the seafood is excellent specially pan de cazon.

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• Historic Fortified Town of Campeche
• Country: Mexico
• Year: 1999
• Cultural Heritage
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• Category: Urban landscape, Colonial
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