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Treasures in Mexico's Hidden State of Campeche |
| Section: LIFE / TRAVEL |
| Author: John Mitchell |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2004 |
| Size: 2,585 Words, 16,239 Characters |
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Strolling along Campeche's orderly streets, lined with Spanish colonial houses painted soothing pastel shades of blue, pink, yellow, and green, I found it difficult to believe that this peaceful city had been sacked and burned repeatedly by buccaneers for over two centuries. But it wasn't long before I came across testaments to Campeche's violent past--high stone walls mounted by rusty cannons still aimed at the steel-gray Gulf of Mexico where pirate ships used to prowl. These twelve-foot-thick walls, which took eighteen years to complete, originally formed a hexagon around the entire city and linked eight strategically placed bastions or baluartes, seven of which still stand guard over the port. Fortifications once even extended out to sea, allowing Spanish galleons to sail into Campeche'...
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...linging to the ruler's skeleton. These artifacts are now displayed at Fuerte San Miguel in the city of Campeche.
After exploring the ruins, we panted our way up a steep stairway to the top of Structure I. Looking out over the reserve's untouched forests stretching all the way to Guatemala, I wondered how many other hidden treasures await archaeologists beneath this precious sea of greenery.
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