Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The city was founded in 1540 by Spanish conquistadores as San Francisco de Campeche atop the pre-existing Maya city of Can Pech. Little trace remains of the Pre-Columbian city. The city retains many of the old colonial Spanish city walls and fortifications which protected the city from pirates and buccaneers.
$7.5 million. Built in 1770, this stunning home has unique ties to the country’s history. Edward Rutledge, who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, lived in the home from ...
Historic Fortified Town of Campeche: Campeche: 1999 895; ii, iv (cultural) The town of Campeche was founded in the 16th century by the Spanish and served as an important centre for colonization and evangelization of the Yucatan Peninsula and nearby regions. It got its fortifications in the 17th and early 18th centuries to protect it from the ...
Between the 16th and 18th centuries when the city of Campeche was a trade hub between Spain and New Spain (Mexico), Ciudad del Carmen was inhabited by pirates and served as a port for repairing ships and planning attacks against the Spanish. A 1699 map [3] of the Bay of Campeche indicates Isla del Carmen as two islands: Triest I and Port Royal ...
The colonial Cathedral of Mexico City Spanish styles in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico Calle Crisologo of Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines Historic center in Cuenca, Ecuador Historic center in Villa del Carbón, Mexico. Spanish colonial architecture represents Spanish colonial influence on the cities and towns of its former colonies, and is still seen ...
In 1540, a church in honor of the Virgen de la Purísima Concepción was begun and it was built upon until 1650. It was expanded between 1758 and 1760. Another tower was added in 1850 and it was elevated to Catedral de Campeche in 1895 during the establishment of the Diocese of Campeche. Catedral de Campeche
Real estate developer Ole Hanson favored the Spanish Colonial Revival style in his founding and development of San Clemente, California in 1928. The Pasadena City Hall by John Bakewell, Jr. and Arthur Brown, Jr. , the Sonoma City Hall , and the Beverly Hills City Hall by Harry G. Koerner and William J. Gage are other notable civic examples in ...
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!