Baluarte de Santiago

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Baluarte de Santiago is a historic bastion in Campeche, Mexico, built as part of the city’s colonial defensive walls to protect against pirate attacks.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Baluarte de Santiago canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bastion
fortification
historic site
architecturalStyle colonial military architecture
builtFor protection of Campeche from pirates
protection of colonial port
coordinateSystem geographic coordinates
country Mexico
countryCapitalOfRegion Campeche City
linked to: City of Campeche
era Spanish colonial period
function military defense structure
hasCategory Bastions in Mexico
Buildings and structures in Campeche
Spanish colonial fortifications
Tourist attractions in Campeche
World Heritage Sites in Mexico
hasHeritageStatus cultural heritage of Mexico
hasPart cannon emplacements
guard posts
parapets
thick defensive walls
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage (as component site)
part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Fortified Town of Campeche"
languageOfName Spanish
locatedIn Campeche
Campeche City
linked to: City of Campeche

Campeche state
Mexico
historic center of Campeche
locatedInContinent North America
locatedInTimeZone UTC−06:00
locatedNear Gulf of Mexico
locatedOn Yucatán Peninsula
maintainedBy local authorities of Campeche
material stone
namedAfter Saint James
openToPublic true
owner Government of Mexico
partOf colonial defensive system of Campeche
walled city of Campeche
significantFor Spanish colonial military engineering
history of piracy in the Gulf of Mexico
urban history of Campeche
touristAttraction true
use city defense
coastal defense
defense against pirate attacks

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Historic Fortified Town of Campeche hasPart Baluarte de Santiago
Baluartes of Campeche hasPart Baluarte de Santiago
subject linked to: Baluartes (bastions)