Fuerte de San Felipe

Address:Bacalar, Bacalar, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Phone:+52 983 125 1231

About Fuerte de San Felipe

The Fort of San Felipe de Bacalar and Castillo de San Felipe de Bacalar is placed in the town of Bacalar, having a place with the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Named after Andrés Quintana Roo, conspicuous in the freedom of Mexico character. The mansion was requested up in 1725 by Antonio de Figueroa y Silva, legislative head of Yucatán, as solid guard for the conservation of the state against the push of the English pioneers. It was finished in 1733.

It was composed by the Italian Juan Podium. Speaks to the conjunction of the grave with the practical, the gathering of balance and class. Today is the Pirate Museum, established in 1965 and re-opened in 1983.

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