Built in 1732, the Land Gate is a lasting tourist attraction. As the only original entrance to the city remaining from the defense system, the Land Gate is one of the distinguished symbols of the Campeche capital. The gate has preserved its imposing splendor with its gunboats and casemates or houses, still intact, where the powder was stored. Likewise you still find the embrasures, that is the openings in the walls where soldiers discharged their rifles at the enemy. There is also still the defenses constituted by a slope in form of a triangle with a moat four meters wide and three meters deep. This moat completely surrounded the structure which had no water but spikes crossed with sharp points. Nowadays, a light and sound show transports you back into the glorious times of the Land Gate. The spectacle explains the city’s history, the rescue of the French canon, the pirate attacks and the history of the Campeche State Escutcheon. Folkloric prints of the escutcheon are handed out at the end of the spectacle.

Schedule: Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 8.30 p.m., English and Spanish.

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