Bastion of Santiago, also known as the "Bastion of gunpowder", located on the street Francisco Mexican port town of Veracruz, just five blocks from city hall. The second name is because in the basement of the fortress were stored gunpowder and weapons of war. This military building was built in 1635. The wall that protects the city, consisted of nine bastions, which formed the defensive system of the city. This is the only surviving Bastion. Being on the Gulf coast, the port of Veracruz often suffered from pirate attacks.

Today Santiago, with its thick and high walls with traces of bullets, is the only remnant of the military defensive system of the city. Other strongholds were destroyed in the late nineteenth century. Inside is a Museum opened here in 1991. Its exposition contains various documents and objects from the colonial era and offers a small permanent exhibition of pre-Columbian jewelry under the name "Treasures of the fisherman", consisting of 42 items - bracelets, earrings and lapel decorations. All this wealth was discovered at the bottom of the sea by a local fisherman, so the collection and entrenched its name. During the tour you will learn about the methods which the masters of the pre-Columbian era in the process of making jewelry.