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Fuerte de Loreto
The hilltop fort where Mexican troops defeated the French army on 5 May 1862, the victory remembered as Cinco de Mayo.
- Editor's score
- 4.4
- Visit
- 1 h 15
- Price
- €
About
Standing with the neighbouring Fort of Guadalupe on a ridge north-east of the centre, the stone fort was at the heart of the Battle of Puebla, when General Ignacio Zaragoza's outnumbered army repelled a French assault. It now houses a museum on the foreign interventions in Mexico, with weapons, uniforms and maps of the battle.
Best time to go: Pair it with a walk around the surrounding hilltop park, which gives broad views back over the city centre.
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