Campeche is a colonial town, set on the cost of Yucatan, that has retained most of its original defensive fortifications. Even if a small part of the wall itself remain, all bastions (or forts) are still in place and give a clear and vivid idea of the initial aspect of the town when the fortifications were raised to prevent attacks from pirates. Moreover, the colourful houses, the quadratic town plan and the colonial churches bring additional interest to this WHS. On the main square, there is a WHS board commemorating the jubilee of the inscription of the town to the WH list. However, if you go towards the sea on the road being on the cathedral side, you will end up of the Plaza del Patrimonio Mundial (World Heritage square) on which you can find the original official WH board as well as another board with all Mexican sites until 2002.